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Table 1 Previous reports of t-AML development in HLH patients treated with etoposide

From: Acute myeloid leukemia following etoposide therapy for EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report and a brief review of the literature

Author and year of publication

Patient age (yr)/sex at onset of HLH

Disease as described

Etoposide cumulative doses prior to t-AML (mg/m2)

Additional anti-tumor agents for HLH

Time (mo) of t-AML from HLH therapy

Chromosome karyotype

The type of leukemia

Treatment for t-AML and outcome

Rama Chandran and Ariffin 2009 [7]

1.4/M

EBV-HLH

4800

Intrathecal MTX

36

t(15;17) (q22;q12)

M3

chemotherapy, alive

Kitazawa et al. 2001 [10]

4/F

EBV-HLH

3150

None

31

Normal

M2

Die after allo-HSCT

Takahashi et al. 1998 [11]

19/F

VAHS

900

Ara C

32

t(9;11) (p22;q23)

M4

Died after allo-HSCT

Rama Chandran and Ariffin 2011 [7]

1.5/M

VAHS

6150

Intrathecal MTX

48

t(15;17) (q21;q22)

M3

chemotherapy, alive

Rama Chandran and Ariffin 2011 [7]

3.5/F

VAHS

1200

none

24

Normal

M5

On chemotherapy, alive

Stine et al. 1997 [13]

11/M

VAHS

3100

Intrathecal MTX

26

t(9;11) (p22;q23)

M4

Died after allo-HSCT

Henter et al. 1993 [15]

3/M

FHL

20,500

Vm-26 3400 mg/m2, Intrathecal MTX

72

normal karyotype

MDS

Allo-HSCT, alive

Shamsian BS et al. 2010 [8]

12/F

HLH

400

MTX, prednisone, mercaptopurine

24

Normal

T-ALL

chemotherapy, die

Rudd et al. 2006 [16]

0.3/F

FHL

3150

None

24

t(15;17)

M3

chemotherapy, alive

Su et al. 2013 [5]

0.66/F

EBV-HLH

3520

None

18

t(15;17) (q22;q12)

M3

On chemotherapy, alive.

Seo et al. 2007 [9]

62/F

VAHS

300

None

31

Normal

M5

On chemotherapy, alive.

Ng et al. 2004 [12]

1.5/M

EBV-HLH

1350

None

6

t(9;11) (p22;q23)

AML

Allo-HSCT, alive

Ohtake et al. 2006 [14]

2/M

EBV-HLH

3900

None

14

t(9;11) (p22;q23)

AML

Allo-HSCT, alive

  1. FHL familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, VAHS virus related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, allo-HSCT allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation