An extra benefit of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in a patient with lymphoblastic lymphoma: Cure of thalassemia minor

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$\beta$ thalassemia minor is frequent in mediterranean countries. İt is a benign disorder and does not warrant any therapeutical intervention. We transplanted a 25-year-old Turkish male who was diagnosed as lymphoblastic lymphoma and had $\beta$ thalassemia minor as well. He received peripheral blood stem cells transplantation from his HLA-identical sibling who was not a carrier of $\beta$ thalassemia. After the allogeneic transplantation we did not only observe remission of the lymphoblastic lymphoma but also the disappearance of b thalassemia minor.