Abstract
We report here a 57-year-old man treated with etanercept for 6 months for psoriasis who developed myelodysplasia with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia cells had distinct karyotype associated with poor prognosis. The patient did not respond to cytosine arabinoside 100 mg/m2 continuous infusion over 7 days with daunorubicin 45 mg/m2 daily for 3 days. He also did not respond to salvage induction therapy with gemtuzumab (6 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4 mg/m2 on day 8) and intravenous continuous infusion cytosine arabinoside 200 mg/m2. We review other cases of lymphoma and leukemia associated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and suggest mechanisms by which inhibition of the TNF-α family may predispose to cancer. We also suggest that all patients being considered for TNF-α treatment be screened for hematologic malignancies or premalignancies with blood counts and bone marrow aspirates/biopsies if indicated.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1022-1024 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Hematology |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology