Remission of chronic lymphocytic leukemia after smallpox vaccination
Hansen, R.M.; Libnoch, J.A.
Archives of Internal Medicine 138(7): 1137-1138
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9926 PMID: 666477 Document Number: 136874
A 78-year-old man with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was revaccinated for smallpox. A severe local reaction and generalized rash followed that responded to treatment with vaccinia immune human globulin. After recovery, the leukocyte count fell to normal and all evidence of CLL disappeared. He remains in complete remission three years after smallpox vaccination.
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