Le infezioni in medicina : rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive
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Case Reports
[Icteric hepatitis in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated by rituximab-based chemotherapy].
We report the case of a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who, during chemotherapy according to the r-CHOP schedule (rituximab-cyclophosphamide-doxorubicin-vincristine and prednisone), showed a hepatic flare with jaundice. Given the patient's state of asymptomatic carrier of HBsAg, we began a treatment of telbivudine (600 mg/die), resulting in a regression of hepatitis flare and negativization of HBV viraemia.