Authors: A. Hrušková; R. Szotkowská; T. Papajík; A. Obr Authors‘ workplace: Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc Published in: Transfuze Hematol. dnes,31, 2025, No. 4, p. 311-315. Category: Case Reports doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/cctahd202526
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a relatively rare and clinically distinct subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Involvement of the central nervous system is an uncommon manifestation at both diagnosis and recurrence. Central nervous system (CNS) relapse more frequently occurs in the context of aggressive disease behaviour and portends a poor prognosis. However, advances in therapeutic strategies for MCL have opened the possibility of achieving durable remission, even in this high-risk presentation. We report a case of a patient who developed an early, isolated CNS relapse following autologous stem cell transplantation. The patient was successfully treated with a sequential treatment protocol combining chemoimmunotherapy, ibrutinib and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
mantle cell lymphoma – ibrutinib – CNS involvement – CAR T-cell therapy
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AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
A.H. – main author of manuscript, attending physician
A.O. – major revisions of the manuscript
R.S. – minor revisions of the manuscript, attending physician
T.P. – minor revisions of the manuscript
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to authorship and publication of this article.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We would like to thank Mgr. Pavel Kurfürst for language proofreading of the manuscript and constructive comments.
FUNDING
Supported by IGA_LF_2025_005, MH CZ – DRO (FNOl, 00098892).
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