mesna and Down-Syndrome

Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at increased risk for the development of acute leukemia but they rarely develop other hematologic malignancies or solid tumors. Despite aggressive supportive care, DS patients have increased risk of treatment related morbidity and mortality compared to other children. There are few reported cases of Hodgkin disease in children with DS, and no reported cases of successful therapy for patients with relapsed disease. We report on a child with DS and relapsed Hodgkin disease who was successfully treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant.

Topics: Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Bleomycin; Carmustine; Child; Combined Modality Therapy; Cyclophosphamide; Down Syndrome; Doxorubicin; Etoposide; Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; Hodgkin Disease; Humans; Ifosfamide; Male; Mesna; Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; Prednisone; Procarbazine; Recurrence; Remission Induction; Transplantation Conditioning; Transplantation, Autologous; Vinblastine; Vincristine; Vinorelbine