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Objectives: To estimate the proportion of ocular manifestations in new and relapsed cases of various hematolymphoid malignancies and to determine an association between these ocular manifestations and the hematological parameters of the patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the department of ophthalmology in association with medical oncology. All patients with newly diagnosed or presenting with a relapse of hematolymphoid malignancies underwent a complete ocular evaluation. Results: A total of 63 patients were included in this study. The mean age of the patients was 34.71 ± 19.80 years. Acute myeloid leukemia and B-ALL accounted for 73% of the cases. At the time of examination, 47.61% of patients (n = 30) were newly diagnosed and 52.38% (n = 33) had relapsed. Acute leukemias had more probability of having ocular manifestations than chronic leukemias (P = 0.01). Subconjunctival hemorrhage was found to be the most common anterior segment finding (n = 10, 15.87%; P = 0.05). The most common posterior segment finding seen in both the right and left eyes was dot blot hemorrhages (n = 20). Those patients who had hemoglobin counts

Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is an aggressive hematolymphoid malignancy that arises from non Langerhans histiocytes and usually involves the skin, lymph nodes, and intestine. The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare occurrence with around 30 cases being reported in English literature. Morphological and immunohistochemical evidence of histiocytic differentiation is essential for diagnosis. Prognosis is very poor and consensus on treatment is not available mainly due to its rarity. We report two cases of HS with varied clinical presentation and pathological findings and elucidate the diagnostic challenges of this rare entity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Pancytopenia is characterized by decreased hemoglobin (adult males

(A) HuT78 cells were nucleofected with DDX3X siRNA or Mock siRNA (control) and then lysed after 72 h. (B) DDX3X wild-type (WT, control) and CRISPR knock-in mutant DDX3X-R475C U2392 cells were lysed. Keywords: DDX3X mutation; Hematolymphoid malignancy; Prognosis; Tumour metastasis; Drug resistance EN DDX3X mutation Hematolymphoid malignancy Prognosis Tumour metastasis Drug resistance 1 7 7 10/20/21 20211015 NES 211015 Atish Kizhakeyil, Nurmahirah Binte Mohammed Zaini and Zhi Sheng Poh contributed equally to this work. Genomic data from DDX3X-R475C mutant U2392 (A), DDX3X-depleted HuT78 (B), and DDX3X-depleted SNK1 (C) cells were analyzed by GSEA. DDX3X mutation/loss in NHL sybtype-derived cells increase cyclin-D1 expression To further investigate the role of DDX3X in NHL subtypes, we carried out whole RNA-seq analysis of mutant DDX3X-R475C U2392, DDX3X-depleted HuT78 and DDX3X-depleted SNK1 cells in comparison to their wild-type and identified 451, 1682 and 441 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), respectively (Fig. [Extracted from the article]

Background: Pancytopenia is characterized by decreased hemoglobin (adult males <13 g/dl, pregnant females <10 g/dl, nonpregnant females and children <11 g/dl), total leukocyte count (<4 × 109/L), and platelet count (<100 × 109/L). Depending on the severity, patients can present with varied symptoms. Vast majority of conditions causing pancytopenia are known. Hence, a systematic approach is a mandatory requirement to identify the cause of pancytopenia for appropriate management. Aim: Clinicopathological study of new onset pancytopenia and to determine the frequency of different etiologies causing pancytopenia. Materials and Methods: A prospective study of 451 consecutive cases who had pancytopenia and presented in outpatient or emergency room of a tertiary care center of Western India, from July 2017 to September 2019. The clinical data of the patients were obtained and hematological investigations were analyzed in the hematopathology section of the pathology department. Bone marrow (BM) aspirates and biopsies were performed in 355 cases. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Patients age ranged from 6 months to 84 years with mean standard deviation of 45.89 ± 19.21 years. Overall male to female ratio was 1.87:1. Hematolymphoid malignancy was the most common cause (n = 137, 30.37%) followed by nutritional anemia (n = 97, 21.5%), infections (n = 68, 15.07%), BM failure (n = 66, 14.63%), hypersplenism (n = 55, 12.19%), and autoimmune disorder (n = 11, 2.44%). Conclusion: Pancytopenia is a common hematological entity with the multifactorial etiologies. It can present as a life-threatening condition or can be merely transient. Hematolymphoid malignancy was found to be the most common underlying cause in our study. An accurate etiological break will further assist in appropriate management of these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background This study evaluated the effect of radiation dose rate in patients with hematolymphoid malignancies undergoing myeloablative conditioning with total body irradiation (TBI), for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Methods The incidence of pulmonary toxicity (PT) and treatment efficacy were compared between the conventional (≥ 6 cGy/min) and reduced dose rate (

Objective: Despite advances in the field of oncology and intensive care, the outcomes of hematolymphoid malignancy (HLM) patients admitted to ICU are poor. This study was carried out to look at the demographic data, clinical features, and predictors of hospital mortality in these patients. Materials and methods: We prospectively studied 101 adult critically ill patients with HLM admitted to the 14-bedded mixed medical surgical ICU of a tertiary care cancer center. Out of 101 patients, end-of-life care decisions were taken in 7 patients, who were excluded from the outcome analysis. Predictors of in-hospital mortality were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: The ICU and in-hospital mortality recorded in our study were 48.9 and 54.3%, respectively. Neutropenia at ICU admission, Simplified Acute Physiology Score III (SAPS III) score, and mechanical ventilation (MV) within 24 hours of ICU admission were associated with in-hospital mortality on univariate analysis. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, neutropenia at ICU admission (OR 4.621; 95% CI, 1.2--17.357) and MV within 24 hours of ICU admission (OR 2.728; 95% CI, 1.077--6.912) were independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. Conclusion: The HLM patients needing critical care have high acuity of illness, and acute respiratory failure is the commonest reason for ICU admission in these patients. In our study, the ICU survival was more than 50% and more than 45% patients were discharged alive from the hospital. We found a need for MV within 24 hours of ICU admission and presence of neutropenia at ICU admission to be independent predictors of hospital mortality in our study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spectrum of causes for renal dysfunction in patients with hematolymphoid malignancy (excluding plasma cell dyscrasia) is varied. A retrospective evaluation of “native” renal biopsies referred to our institute during the period from January 2010 to December 2013 revealed 12 cases. Age ranged between 7 and 69 (median 54.5) years. All patients were males. The neoplasms included non‑Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Burkitt's lymphoma, intravascular lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic myeloid leukemia. Proteinuria was noted in 66% of the patients (nephrotic range in 5, subnephrotic range in 3). Renal insufficiency was noted in 100% patients. Malignancy‑related kidney injury was noted in 75% of the cases. Renal histology showed lymphomatous infiltration (8), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) (3), intracapillary monoclonal deposit disease (1) and intravascular lymphoma (1). Distribution of lymphomatous infiltration was diffuse in 50% and focal in 50%. We observed that renal dysfunction was predominantly a direct effect, that is, lymphomatous invasion. Paraneoplastic glomerulopathic changes occur in the form of MPGN. Proteinuria of >2 g/day correlated with glomerular disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]