Abstract
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) is a rare type of lymphoma. Presenting with hepatosplenomegaly, fever, cytopenia without significant lymphadenopathy, most patients are young men with poor outcomes. Here is the report of two cases of HSTCL from Maharaj Nakorn Chiang-Mai Hospital, Thailand. Both patients were middle-aged men presented with prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenia. Abnormal lymphoid cells, not demonstrated by flow cytometry, were microscopically revealed in the patients’ bone marrow. The diagnosis of HSTCL was based on the histopathologic section obtained from splenectomy and liver biopsy. Both patients received cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone (CHOP) regimen initially while one of them was salvaged with etoposide, methylprednisolone, cytarabine, cisplatin (ESHAP) and methotrexate, high-dose cytarabine, methylprednisolone (cycle B of hyperCVAD) regimen. They responded poorly to chemotherapy and succumbed to severe sepsis. The presented cases confirmed that HSTCL is very difficult to diagnose and current treatment modalities appear to be ineffective
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