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Introduction | 
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Histiocytoses包括那些細胞? | 
Mononuclear phagocytes: monocytes(血)、macrophages(組織)、dendritic cells(組織) | 
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Monocytes的起源是哪裡的細胞? | 
Pluripotential stem cells in bone marrow | 
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Histiocytes的本質是什麼? | 
Connective tissue macrophages & dendritic cells 
(nonlymphoid mononuclear cells) | 
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Dendritic cells是皮膚中的何種細胞變成的? | 
Langerhans cells | 
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Dendritic cells和follicular dendritic cells來源的差異為何? | 
Dendritic cells來自骨髓(hematopoietic origin),follicular dendritic cells(位於淋巴結)來自結締組織(mesenchymal origin) | 
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Langerhans cells的型態、特殊胞器、細胞標記為何? | 
型態: long cytoplasmic projections+ kidney-shaped nucleus.(腎形/咖啡豆的由來) 
特殊胞器:Langerhans/ Birbeck granule(tennis racket) 
標記:Langerin (CD207): 把抗原吃入Birbeck granules 並表現在外的受器 
CD1a, S100, MHCII, CD4 and (adenosine triphosphatase, α-d-mannosidase, and peanut lectin) | 
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Langerhans cells遇到抗原會如何? | 
移行到淋巴結,呈現抗原給naïve T cells | 
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Langerhans cells在骨髓的precursor還會變成哪些細胞(3)? | 
Indeterminate cells: 不成熟的Lcs,缺Birbeck 
Dermal dendritic cells: perivascular Lcs 
Dermal macrophages:位於正常真皮, 發炎時增加 | 
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Macrophage的細胞標記為? | 
CD68 | 
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Macrophage會分化成哪幾種giant cells(4)? | 
Foreign body, epithelioid, Touton, & Langhans types. | 
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis(LCH/ histiocytosis X): Introduction, Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis | 
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LCH包括哪幾種歷史上的疾病?(4) | 
Letterer–Siwe disease, Hand–Schüller–Christian disease, eosinophilic granuloma of bone, and Hashimoto–Pritzker disease(目前已捨棄此分類,但很多書籍仍會提到) | 
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LCH好發於那種族群? | 
Male children, 1–3 y/o. | 
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Histiocytoses是指那些細胞的異常? | 
Dendritic cells/ macrophages(mononuclear phagocyte system)增生與失控的活化。 | 
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Histiocytoses有哪些候選的起因? | 
viral infection, cytokine/adhesion molecules異常, gene缺陷。 | 
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Histiocytoses屬於reactive or neoplastic disease? | 
仍有爭議。 
Reactive dz的理由(1)分化良好(2)和肉芽組織細胞相同 (3)會自動消失 
Neoplasticdz的理由(1) 來自骨髓,有clonality (2) 有家族病例(3) 有染色體不穩定、p53異常(4) 合併myelodysplastic marrow. | 
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LCH: Clinical Findings | 
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Letterer–Siwe disease的急慢性、影響範圍、好發族群、良惡性如何? | 
Acute, disseminated, multi-systemic form  
Infants or newborns. (不治療會致命) 
(等於Multisystem Disease, high/low risk groups) | 
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Hand–Schüller–Christian disease的急慢性、影響範圍、好發族群如何? | 
Chronic, multifocal, single-systemic form 
Childhood, progressive form 
(等於Single-system Disease, Multiple site) | 
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Eosinophilic granuloma的急慢性、影響範圍、好發族群如何? | 
Localized, benign form 
(等於Single-system Disease, Single/Multiple site) | 
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Hashimoto–Pritzker disease的急慢性、影響範圍、好發族群如何? | 
Localized,benign, self-healing form 
Infants or newborns. 
(等於Single-system Disease, Single site) | 
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目前學界如何分類? | 
Single-system Disease: 
Single site/localized: one bone, one lymph node, and skin 
Multiple site: bones, lymph nodes 
Multiple-system Disease: Disseminated disease 
Low-risk group: skin, bone, lymph node, pituitary 
High-risk group: hematopoietic system, lungs, liver, and spleen | 
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影響骨頭哪些部位時屬於CNS-risk lesions? | 
頭骨前下方,即anterior & middle cranial fossae(不含頭蓋骨、posterior cranial fossa) | 
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LCH: Cutaneous Lesions | 
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LCH最早出現、最常見的病灶位於哪個器官? | 
皮膚(因為Langerhans cell有強烈的epidermotropism) | 
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典型皮膚病灶的外觀為何? | 
A 1–2 mm, translucent, rose-yellow, scaly papule(±vesicles, pustules, nodules, ulcer, crust) | 
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LCH皮膚病灶有哪四種types? | 
Papules, vesiculopustules, xanthomatous, noduloulcerative | 
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皮膚的LCH最常位於何處?(3) | 
Trunk 
Skin fold(like intertrigo):retroauricular, axillary, & genital folds  
Scalp( like seborrheic dermatitis or folliculitis, alopecia) | 
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LCH在那些地方容易融合成xanthomatous plaques? | 
Medial chest, midback, and temporoparietal scalp (可參考Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine圖147-4, C) | 
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LCH的nail change 包括哪些特徵? | 
Nail fold/matrix 
Paronychia→nail fold destruction→fragile lamina, longitudinal grooving 
Nail bed 
Subungual pustules→subungual hyperkeratosis, onycholysis, pigmented/purpuric striae | 
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Hashimoto–Pritzker disease有哪些別名? | 
Self-healing LCH, self-healing reticulohistiocytosis, self-regressive cutaneous LCH(強調會自動消失) | 
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Hashimoto–Pritzker disease的臨床表現為何? | 
Multiple/solitary firm, red to red–brown nodules→papulonodules with elevated borders+ulcer→ brown crusts→whitish atrophic scars | 
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Hashimoto–Pritzker disease類似那些疾病(2)? | 
Infantile angiomas, chickenpox | 
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Hashimoto–Pritzker disease病程約多久? | 
2–3 months (after birth) | 
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LCH的mucous membrane lesions有何特徵? | 
Noduloulcerative lesions at perioral, gingival, perigenital, and perianal regions | 
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LCH發生於口腔會有那些症狀? | 
嘴破:Pain, aphthae, gingival bleeding, candidiasis,  
牙齒:teeth loss and premature eruption | 
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LCH: Non-cutaneous Lesions | 
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LCH會影響哪些器官? | 
Bones, lungs, bone marrow, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes. | 
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皮膚之外LCH最常出現何處? | 
Bone | 
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LCH易影響哪些骨頭? | 
巨蝕(蝕骨)細胞多的骨頭(頭骨與受骨質疏鬆影響的骨頭):skull, mandible, femur, pelvis, & spine | 
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LCH影響骨頭時易有那些症狀? | 
Pain, tenderness, soft tissue swelling, deformation, fracture or medullar compression, bone marrow loss(三線都可能低) | 
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頭骨的那些部分常被LCH影響? | 
Temporoparietal(map-like: osteolytic), maxillary, mastoid region | 
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LCH影響頭骨時會有那些疾病? | 
CNS: 神經學症狀、seizures, ↑intracranial pressure 
Eye: exophthalmos 
腦垂腺:diabetes insipidus, growth retardation 
Teeth: teeth loss & premature eruption | 
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骨頭病灶有哪些特徵時預後最好? | 
Isolated bone lesions with beveled(斜角的) margins, without sclerosis(請參考下圖,表示病灶會和骨頭表面形成斜角) 
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LCH常影響哪些人的肺部? | 
The elderly | 
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LCH影響肺部有哪些症狀? | 
Dyspnea, tachypnea with rib retraction, cough, cyanosis, and thoracic pain(S/S of Mediastinal compression and pneumothorax) | 
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LCH的胸部X光有什麼特徵? | 
classic “honeycomb” appearance or amicronodular/reticulonodular pattern | 
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LCH對Pulmonary function tests結果有何影響? | 
Restrictive lung disease(↓ pulmonary volume) | 
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肺部的LCH如何確診? | 
Bronchoalveolar lavage中>5%是Langerhans cells | 
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LCH發生distension of the abdomen代表什麼問題? | 
因Langerhans cell浸潤造成hepatosplenomegaly | 
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LCH對肝脾有什麼影響? | 
Hepatosplenomegaly, liver fibrosis, biliary cirrhosis, liver failure | 
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LCH常影響哪處的淋巴結? | 
Cervical lymph nodes(massive!) | 
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Aggressive form of LCH會有那些全身性症狀? | 
Malaise, weight loss, failure to thrive, nausea, myalgia, arthralgia, and fever(全身性發炎的症狀) | 
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Laboratory Tests and Images | 
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LCH需做哪些實驗室檢查? | 
腦垂腺:Electrolytes,UA, urine osmolality, Serum glucose level, TSH 
肝臟:Liver function tests 
骨髓:CBC, coagulation profile, T- & B-cell counts, T-cell subset analysis, Serum protein electrophoresis, ESR, CRP 
其他檢查視受影響器官而定 | 
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LCH需做哪些影像檢查? | 
X ray, HRCT, gadolinium-enhanced MRI, bone scan, PET(做哪些部位視受影響器官而定) | 
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Histopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Ultrastructural Evaluation | 
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皮膚LCH不切片時如何檢查? | 
Scraping early papules: 做cytologic examination | 
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LCH共通的特徵為何? | 
Typical LCH cells: 4-5X larger than small lymphocytes, an irregular/vesiculated nucleus,  kidney shaped, and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm | 
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LCH有哪三種histologic patterns? | 
(1) proliferative(early papules), (2) granulomatous(chronic stage)(3) xanthomatous(late lesions) | 
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Proliferative reaction的病理特徵為何? | 
(1) epidermotropic lichenoid infiltration in the upper dermis(2) the epidermis is compressed, thinned, invaded, and destroyed (長太快,表皮被壓縮) | 
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Granulomatous reaction的病理特徵為何? | 
(1) neutrophils, lymphocytes, and plasma cells(mixed infiltrate) (2)multinucleated giant cells(3) eosinophils | 
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Xanthomatous reaction的病理特徵為何? | 
(1) foam cells (2) multinucleated giant cells (foreign-body type >Touton)(3) eosinophils | 
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Xanthomatous reaction在何種LCH的傳統分類會出現? | 
Hand–Schüller–Christian disease(HSC) | 
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同一名病人會有幾種histologic patterns? | 
1-3種都可能 | 
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LCH的giant cells細胞質特徵為何? | 
Acidophilic/ eosinophilic or a “ground glass” appearance | 
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LCH出現哪種標記代表有 good prognosis and limited disease? | 
E-cadherin (frozen tissue samples優於paraffin-embedded tissue) | 
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Differential Diagnosis | 
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LCH須要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? | 
Papulosquamous: seborrheic dermatitis, guttate psoriasis, pityriasis lichenoides 
Infections with vesicles/pustules: scabies, varicella, candidiasis 
Infections with scales: tinea 
Cell infiltration: non-LCH, hyperlipidemic xanthomatosis, urticaria pigmentosa, leukemia | 
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LCH發生於neonatal period常被誤診為哪些常見疾病? | 
Eczema, miliaria, scabies, and varicella(因為脫屑紅疹合併水泡、膿泡) | 
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LCH在頭皮要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? |  | 
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LCH在臉要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? |  | 
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LCH在Intertriginous areas要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? | 
Intertrigo
Candidiasis
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Darier disease | 
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LCH在軀幹要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? | 
Papules: lichen nitidus/ planus, Non-LCH, Urticaria pigmentosa, leukemia
Vesicles: miliaria, scabies, varicella | 
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LCH的病灶偏紅時要和哪些疾病鑑別診斷? | 
Infant: Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis, Blueberry muffin baby 
Adult: Cherry angioma | 
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Complications | 
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LCH易有哪些感染? | 
Candidiasis &  dermatophytosis(especially LSD,因人類對真菌的免疫力來自Langerhans cells) | 
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LCH易伴隨哪些惡性腫瘤? | 
Solid tumors (lung tumors, celiomesenteric neuroblastoma), lymphomas, or acute leukemia | 
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LCH和惡性腫瘤的因果關係為何? | 
LCH可能只是惡性腫瘤造成的reactive process,或是LCH接受化放療後才產生惡性腫瘤 | 
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Prognosis and Clinical Course | 
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哪些因子代表預後不佳(3)? | 
an early-onset (< 2 y/o), extensive disease(lesions/ involved systems多), and organ failure | 
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哪些因子代表預後佳(5)? | 
A small number of lesions, nodular lesions, prompt resolution, only one organ system (skin or bones), and adults | 
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病理特徵和預後有何關係? | 
關係不大 | 
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治療反應與預後有何關係? | 
對一開始的治療反應越快/越好者預後較佳。 | 
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xanthomatous lesions可能有何臨床意義? | 
a disseminated aggressive form→a progressive chronic form(但許多人認為無關) | 
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哪些organ failure對預後有明顯影響? | 
Liver, bone marrow(伴隨感染), and lung | 
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Diabetes insipidus出現與否對預後影響如何? | 
沒有影響 | 
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哪些身體檢查/實驗室數據出現時預後不好? | 
Nail changes 
Liver/spleen: jaundice, hepatic failure, hepatosplenomegaly(platelet & coagulation factor均降,易有purpura) 
Bone marrow: thrombocytopenia, anemia | 
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Hypercalcemia在LCH代表哪兩種情形? | 
Bone absorption or excess prostaglandin | 
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如何分辨neonatal/infant LCH是否為self-regressive cutaneous LCH? | 
沒有辦法,只能持續觀察,看是否spontaneous regression/ multiorgan involvement。(可能的indicators:ulcer, necrosis, eosinophils, a solitary lesion, tendency to limb) | 
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Treatment: Single-system disease | 
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Single-system disease(bone/skin)的治療原則為何? | 
Nonaggressive | 
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小孩皮膚的single-system disease的治療原則為何? | 
Observation | 
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有哪些外用藥可用? | 
Steroids (topical/IL), tacrolimus,  imiquimod, nitrogen mustard(只限成人) | 
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全身性用藥有哪些選擇? | 
Steroids, antimitotic drugs(chemical therapy),thalidomide, indomethacin | 
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非藥物治療有哪些選擇? | 
Skin: PUVA/NBUVB/lacer; Bone: radiotherapy, curratage | 
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局部的periorificial eosinophilic granuloma可用何種方式治療? | 
CO2 laser therapy(直接破壞) | 
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Children的bone lesions有哪些和成人相異的治療選擇? | 
Oral indomethacin(1–2.5 mg/kg/day for 5-12months) 
IL steroid: growth plate/teeth.(避免破壞正常結構) | 
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Treatment: Multiple-system disease | 
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Multiple-system disease最適合的化療為何? | 
vinblastine±glucocorticoids(methylprednisolone) | 
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Multiple-system disease的ultiagent regimens包括哪些藥? | 
Vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and chlorambucil | 
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Refractory and advanced cases還可用哪些化療用藥? | 
Cyclosporine, interferon-α2, and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA, cladribine) | 
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承上,何種藥的效果較好? | 
Cladribine(monotherapy即有良效) | 
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病人的哪些特性會影響Cladribine效果? | 
Age:>2 y/o效果較好 | 
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Cladribine會有哪些副作用? | 
BMsuppression: transient neutropenia, T-cell suppression, absolute monocytopenia(抑制mononuclear phagocyte的結果) 
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, severe skin rashes | 
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Cladribine和預後有什麼關係? | 
高風險病人若對cladribine效果不好,死亡率高 
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