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Plasma Cell Leukemia Maintaining Complete Remission by Syngeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Combined with Low-Dose Thalidomide Maintenance Therapy

Presented by:	Internal Medicine / Masahiro Abe, Hisayuki Yokoyama, Yasuo Tohmiya, Yoko Okitsu, Hiroto Ohguchi, Katsura Kohata, Joji Yamamoto, Yasushi Onishi, Kenichi Ishizawa, Junichi Kameoka and Hideo Harigae
Summary points:	A 37-year-old man presents with chest and low back pain. Laboratory data, chromosomal analysis, x-ray images, and bone scintigraphy are described. The authors discuss their diagnosis of primary plasma cell leukaemia successfully treated with a combination therapy of syngeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and low-dose thalidomide.
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