Sezary syndrome treated with bexarotene: a case report

Autor: L. Darrieux, G. Safa, O. Pennors-Quere
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Oncologie. 12:132-134
ISSN: 1765-2839
1292-3818
DOI: 10.1007/s10269-009-1115-4
Popis: Sezary syndrome, the leukemic variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, carries a poor prognosis. Treating Sezary syndrome is always a challenge. We report the case of a patient with Sezary syndrome who was successfully treated with bexarotene, a novel subclass of retinoids. However, bexarotene treatment is associated with unavoidable side effects that must be known and anticipated
Databáze: OpenAIRE