Document Type
Article
Department
Pathology and Microbiology; Haematology/Oncology
Abstract
Fludarabine is a purine nucleoside analogue, which inhibits DNA synthesis by inhibiting DNA polymerase and ribonucleoside reductase.1 It affects both dividing and non- dividing cells.2 Fludarabine possesses proven efficacy in the treatment of a variety of indolent B cell lymphoproliferative disorders including chronic lymphocytic leukemia3, low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma4 and Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia.5 It is also a part of conditioning regimes in non-myeloablative bone marrow transplantation.6 The common side effects include myelosuppression, immunosuppression, and neurologic toxicity.7 The rare side effects are immune mediated hemolytic anemia8 and thrombocytopenia.9 Here we describe a case of a middle-aged lady who was diagnosed as B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and developed immune mediated thrombocytopenia following oral Fludarabine.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Usman, M.,
Adil, S.,
Sajid, R.,
Khurshid, M.
(2003). Fludarabine induced immune thrombocytopenia in a patient with CD5 positive B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 53(10), 1-2.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/563