Histiocytic medullary reticulosis in acute lymphocytic leukemia of T cell origin
T. K. Chen, M. E. Nesbit, R. McKenna and J. H. Kersey
A patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia of T (thymic-derived) cell origin
was successfully treated and was maintained in remission for four months by
combined chemotherapy. He died following a seven-week, fulminant course
with fever, refractory pancytopenia, and marked hepatosplenomegaly. The
autopsy showed lymphoid leukemic infiltration and extensive histiocytic
medullary reticulosis in various organs. The possible relations between
these two lymphoreticular diseases are discussed.