Leukemic mature B-cell neoplasm observed during the treatment with romiplostim in patient with thrombocytopenia and liver cirrhosis

Autor: Michio Yamane, Hideki Akiyama, Yuko Fujiwara, Sunao Mae, Marina Osawa
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Clinical Case Reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1530
Popis: Key Clinical Message We report here a new adverse event of romiplostim which is a protein analog of thrombopoietin. Leukemic mature B‐cell neoplasm was observed during the treatment of thrombocytopenia in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Their relationship was suggested clinically but the mechanism of leukemic expansion of lymphoma cells was not clarified.
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