Secondary acute myeloblastic leukemia in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with epipodophyllotoxins


ÖZBEK N. Y., ÇETİN M., TUNCER A., Yetgin S.

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, cilt.37, sa.3, ss.279-282, 1995 (Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.279-282
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, etoposide, secondary acute myeloblastic leukemia
  • Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Etoposide is a semi-synthetic, topoisomerase active podophyllotoxin derivative which frequently causes deletions and rearrangements on chromosomes 11q23 and 11q22. It can cause therapy-related, acute myeloblastic leukemia in patients receiving the drug in a schedule-dependent manner. Here we present a case with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed secondary acute myeloblastic leukemia 28 months after the beginning of therapy which contained etoposide on an every-other-week schedule.