Table of Contents - Issue 2

VOLUME 4 | ISSUE 2 | SECOND QUARTER | 2011
Review :: Pages 51-59

Viral-associated thrombotic microangiopathies

Rodrigo Lopes da Silva

From the Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Center, Alameda Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal

Original Research Report :: Pages 60-66

Arsenic trioxide plus cisplatin/interferon α-2b/doxorubicin/capecitabine combination chemotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Ciprian Tomuleasa,a Olga Soritau,a Eva Fischer-Fodor,a Teodora Pop,b Sergiu Susman,c Ofelia Mosteanu,b Bobe Petrushev,a Mihaela Aldea,a Monica Acalovschi,b Alexanru Irimie,d Gabriel Kacsoe

From the aDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Ion Chiricuta Oncology Institute, and the bDepartment of Gastroenterology, cDepartment of Histology, dDepartment of Surgery, and eDepartment of Medical Oncology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Original Research Report :: Pages 67-72

Cytomegalovirus infections in unrelated cord blood transplantation in pediatric patients: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes

Sami Al Hajjar,a,c Amal Al Seraihi,b Saleh Al Muhsen,a,c Mouhab Ayas,b Suliman Al Jumaah,a Abdullah Al Jefri,b Mohamed Shoukri,d Hassan El Solhb

From the aDepartment of Pediatrics and bDepartment of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, cDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and dBiostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Original Research Report :: Pages 73-80

Very late onset lymphoproliferative disorders occurring over 10 years post-renal transplantation: PTLD.Int. Survey

Hossein Khedmat,a Saeed Taherib

From aThe Internist Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences and bDr. Taheri Medical Research Group, Tehran, Iran

Special Report :: Pages 81-93

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) 2008-2009: Report on behalf of the Eastern Mediterranean Bone Marrow Transplantation (EMBMT) Group

Said Yousef Ahmed Mohamed,a Ibtihal Fadhil,b Rose-Marie Hamladji,c Amir Ali Hamidieh,d Omar Fahmy,e Saloua Ladeb,f Kamran Alimoghaddam,d Alaa Elhaddad,e Redhouane Ahmed Nacer,c Fahad Alsharif,a Walid Rasheed,a Mohammad Jahani,d Seyed Asadollah Mousavi,d Amal Alseraihy,a Fawzi Abdel-Rahman,g Abdullah Al Jefri,a Ayad Ahmed Hussein,g Abdulaziz Alabdulaaly,h Ahmad Ibrahim,i Mohamed-Amine Bekadja,j Miguel Abboud,k Parvez Ahmed,l David Dennison,m Mohammad Bakr,a Said Benchekroun,n Fazal Hussain,a Tarek Ben Othman,f Mahmoud Aljurf,a Ardeshir Ghavamzadehd

aKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bWorld Health Organization, EMRO Region,Cairo, Egypt, cPierre and Marie Curie Center, Algiers, Algeria, dTehran University of Medical Sciences, Hematology, Oncology & SCT Research Center, Tehran, Iran, eNational Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, fCenter National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, gKing Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan, hRiyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, iMakassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, jUniversity Hospital Establishment 1st Nov, Oran, Algeria, kAmerican University Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, lArmed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, mSultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, nService d’Hematologie et Oncologie Pediatrique, Casablanca, Morocco

Case Report :: Pages 94-96

Rosai-Dorfman disease of the paranasal sinuses and orbit

Afaq Ahmad Khan,a Fouzia Siraj,b Devinder Rai,c Shyam Aggarwald

From the aDepartment of Hematology, bDepartment of Pathology, cDepartment of ENT, and dDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

Case Report :: Pages 97-99

Complete recovery following sudden sensorineural hearing loss in a patient with sickle cell disease

Salam Alkindi, Najwa Arafa, M Al Okbi, Anil Pathare

From the Department of Haematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Case Report :: Pages 100-102

Successful treatment of steroid-refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia associated with Castleman disease with anti-CD-20 antibody (rituximab)

Khalid Ibrahim,a Irfan Maghfoor,b Assem Elghazaly,a Nasir Bakshi,c Said Y. Mohamed,a Mahmoud Aljurfa

From the aSection of Adult Hematology/HSCT, bSection of Medical Oncology, cDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Images and Diagnosis :: Pages 103-104

Untreated primary thyroid lymphoma in an elderly woman

Saad Akhtar,a Nasir Bakshi,b Iman Janabi,a Sarah Samar,a Irfan Maghfoora

From the aOncology Center and bDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Letter to the Editor :: Pages 105

Hepatocellular carcinoma to renal cell carcinoma metastasis: a rare phenomenon with diagnostic challenges

Badr AbdullGaffar,a Lakshmiah G. Raman,a Ahmed ElBarkoukib

From the aDubai Hospital and bAl-Baraha Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Letter to the Editor :: Pages 107

CD123 monoclonal antibody in myelodysplastic syndrome

Luigi De Salvo, Rodolfo Salas, Dalila De Salvo, Weir Jesús Medina, Anamaria Nunez, Zaida Plumacher, Olga Fernandez, Mariela Acosta, Mirian Duerto, Luis Paz, Dalida Salas, Alba Fuenmayor

Institute Hematology Occidente, Maracaibo, Venezuela