TY - JOUR AU - Shang-Ju Wu, AU - Wen-Chien Chou, AU - Bo-Sheng Ko, AU - Hwei-Fang Tien, PY - 2007/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Severe pulmonary complications after initial treatment with rituximab for the Asian-variant of intravascular lymphoma JF - Haematologica JA - haematol VL - 92 IS - 1 SE - Letters to the Editor DO - 10.3324/haematol.10561 UR - https://haematologica.org/article/view/4297 SP - 141-142 AB - Rituximab improves response to treatment and outcome for patients with CD20+ B-cell lymphoma. Herein, however, we report the occurrence of severe pulmonary complications shortly after rituximab infusion in three patients with the newly diagnosed Asian variant of intravascular lymphoma. It is suggested that patients with this sub-type of lymphoma are monitored carefully for possible drug reactions during the use of rituximab. ER -