Emerging Stem Cell Therapies: Treatment, Safety, and Biology by Joel Sng, Thomas Lufkin

“…Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was the first example of a successful stem cell therapy and is widely utilized for treating various diseases including adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma and multiple myeloma. The autologous transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells is increasingly employed to catalyze the repair of mesenchymal tissue and others, including the lung and heart, and utilized in treating various conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. …”
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Persistent Hypoglycemia in Patient with Hodgkin’s Disease by Harold Cinco Lim, Lubna Bashir Munshi, David Sharon

“…Patient was suspected of having hypoglycemia related to lymphoma and was given a trial of prednisone which resolved the hypoglycemic episodes and made the patient euglycemic for the rest of his hospital stay. …”
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Effect of Meloxicam on the Proliferation and Apoptosis of the Raji Cell Line: an In Vitro Study by Yolanda Kartika Asmarani, null Supriatno, Tetiana Haniastuti

“…The objective of the research was to study the effect of meloxicam on the proliferation and apoptosis of Raji cell lines. Burkitt lymphoma (BL) cells (Raji ATCC CCL-86) were treated with various concentrations of meloxicam for 24 hours. …”
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Review of Methods for Detection Helicobacter pylori in Kazakhstan by Lavrinenko Alyona, Seisenbekova Aizhan, Turemuratova Aidana, Shkreba Alexey, Yukhnevich Yekaterina

“…ABSTRACT Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can cause a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders, including chronic nonatrophic gastritis, multifocal atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and extra‐nodal B‐cell lymphoma. Although the prevalence of H. pylori infection has decreased among adults, it is still very common. …”
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Biclonal IgD and IgM Plasma Cell Myeloma: A Report of Two Cases and a Literature Review by Zhongchuan W. Chen, Ioanna Kotsikogianni, Jay S. Raval, Christine G. Roth, Marian A. Rollins-Raval

“…Biclonal plasma cell myelomas, while currently not well characterized in terms of their clinical behavior, should be distinguished from B-cell lymphoma with plasmacytic differentiation, given the different therapeutic implications. …”
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Splenic Lymphangioma Mimicking Lymphomatous Involvement: A Case Report with Review of the Literature by Neda Soleimani, Fatemeh Pouraminaee, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Ali Bahador, Benyamin Rahimi, Sahand Mohammadzadeh, Fatemeh Aghakhaninejad, Mohammad Farahmand, Mahsa Hasani

“…In this study, we present an 18-year-old man, with Burkitt’s lymphoma who underwent laparotomy and total splenectomy as a result of cystic lesions discovered accidentally during imaging with the final diagnosis of splenic lymphangioma after histopathological evaluation.…”
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Polypoid Carcinoma of the Oropharynx with Stromal Ossifying Myofibroblastic Proliferation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Marcello Filotico, Alessandro D’Amuri

“…Immunohistochemistry documented positivity for cytokeratins, epithelial membrane antigen, and P63 in the globoid elements beneath the necrotic rim; strong and diffuse expression of vimentin, smooth muscle actin, and CD99 and BCL2 in the spindle elements; and complete negativity for cytokeratin 5/6, high molecular weight cytokeratin (clone 34βE12), S100, muscle-specific actin, desmin, CD117, and anaplastic lymphoma kinase. The lesion was morphologically and immunophenotypically classified as a polypoid oropharyngeal carcinoma with ossifying myofibroblastic stromal proliferation.…”
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Use of thymidine kinase 1 autoantibody, thymidine kinase antigen, extracellular protein kinase A autoantibody, and C‐reactive protein for early detection of malignant tumors in dog... by Yoonhee Kim, Wonhee Lee, Byunggak Kim, Bonghwan Jang, Kyung‐Rok Yu, Hong Sook Kim, Minok Ryu, Yein Oh, Kyoungwon Seo, Chul Park, Ulsoo Choi, Dongha Bhang, Hwayoung Youn

“…Conclusions and Clinical Importance The NI including TK1 autoantibody could be useful in the screening test for both lymphoma and other tumors.…”
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Hemorrhagic Cystitis due to BK Reactivation in a Young Female Treated for Hodgkin-Disease by R. Le Calloch, J. C. Ianotto, C. Berthou, A. Tempescul

“…Hodgkin's lymphoma is a disease with a high rate of curability under classic chemo-radiotherapy regimes. …”
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Rituximab-Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia by Ahmet B. Ergin, Nancy Fong, Hamed A. Daw

“…Here we present a case of an 82-year-old man who was treated with rituximab for recurrent marginal zone lymphoma. After the first infusion of rituximab, he reported fever, chills, and dyspnea. …”
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Plasmacytoid Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder Metastatic to the Duodenum: A Case Report—Diagnostic Relevance of GATA3 Immunohistochemistry by Hermann Brustmann

“…Since this tumor might be confused with plasmacytoma, lymphoma, or carcinoma variants, appropriate diagnosis in small biopsy samples could be challenging. …”
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Recurrent Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Larynx Harboring a Novel THBS1::ALK Fusion by Namra Ajmal, Stacey M. Gargano, Ujwala Gosavi, Madalina Tuluc

“…The tumor demonstrated a novel THBS1::ALK fusion containing Exons 1–7 of the thrombospondin 1 (THBS1) gene fused to Exon 19 of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene via next-generation sequencing with the NextSeq sequencer. …”
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The Conundrum of Septic Shock Imitators in Patients with Hematologic Cancers: Case Presentation and Possible Differential Diagnoses by Giorgio Berlot, Giulia Moratelli, Martina Tarchini, Katiuscia Battaglia, Paolo Grassi, Nadia Zarrillo, Vincenzo Colella, Rossana Bussani

“…The authors describe the case of a patient treated with several cycles of chemotherapy due to an advanced stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma. One daafter the last cycle, he was admitted to our Intensive Care Unit with a septic shock-like clinical picture which didn’t respond to the aggressive treatment and the patient died a few hours later. …”
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Identification of Bexarotene as a PPARγ Antagonist with HDX by David P. Marciano, Dana S. Kuruvilla, Bruce D. Pascal, Patrick R. Griffin

“…The retinoid x receptors (RXRs) are the pharmacological target of Bexarotene, an antineoplastic agent indicated for the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL). The RXRs form heterodimers with several nuclear receptors (NRs), including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), to regulate target gene expression through cooperative recruitment of transcriptional machinery. …”
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Overview of the evaluation of the destructive effect of procarbazine on the ovarian reserve in the apoptotic, inflammatory, and oxidative pathways by Kezban Kartlasmis, Ayse Nur Cakir Gungor, Yurdun Kuyucu, Samet Kara

“…An important and effective chemotherapeutic drug, procarbazine is used to treat brain tumors and Hodgkin lymphoma in children, adolescents, and young adults. …”
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Identification of a Patient Suitable for CAR-T Cell Therapy in the Outpatient Setting: A Vodcast and Case Example by Ronan Foley, John Kuruvilla

“…Abstract Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting the CD19 antigen have been associated with high and durable response rates in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). CAR-T cell therapies are commonly administered in the inpatient setting due to the average onset of cytokine release syndrome within the first 3 days post infusion, but there has been growing interest in delivering CAR-T cell therapies in the outpatient setting to overcome frequent hospital bed shortages and the high cost of inpatient care. …”
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Iatrogenic Pulmonary Nodule in a Heart Transplant Recipient by Atul C. Mehta, Juan Wang, Jarmanjeet Singh, Joseph Cicenia

“…A 58-year-old female with a history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and end-stage nonischemic cardiomyopathy from Adriamycin toxicity underwent orthotic heart transplantation during June 2013. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Syndrome Associated with Richter’s Transformation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Nura El-Haj, Wilson I. Gonsalves, Vinay Gupta, Jacob P. Smeltzer, Sameer A. Parikh, Preet P. Singh, Naseema Gangat

“…We describe the first case of a CLL patient presenting with HPS due to acquisition of EBV-related large cell lymphoma in the setting of profound immunodeficiency.…”
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Case report: Musculoskeletal metastastic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) treated by sequential ALK-TKI with longterm response by Thomas Cochin, Sabine Noal, Dinu Stefan, Damien Bodet, Jérémie Rouger, Marine Dorbeau, Zoé Neviere

“…Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are known to be associated with rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene. The treatment of this type of tumor includes systemic therapies such as chemotherapies or anti-inflammatories; in recent years, targeted anti-ALK therapies have emerged and became the standard of care in ALK rearranged patients. …”
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review by Vikrant Veer, Albert Lim, Wolfgang Issing

“…Further radiological scans showed a mass near the carotid and enlarged level V lymph nodes. Lymphoma was initially suspected. Fine-needle aspiration and excision biopsy were undertaken. …”
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