Sudden acute leukemia transformation in a MDS patient with del(5q) in complete cytogenetic remission after lenalidomide

Leuk Res. 2011 Jun;35(6):e69-70. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.12.019. Epub 2011 Jan 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / genetics
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 / genetics
  • Humans
  • Lenalidomide
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / genetics
  • Male
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / drug therapy*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics
  • Spectral Karyotyping
  • Thalidomide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Thalidomide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Thalidomide
  • Lenalidomide