Open AccessHaemorrhagic Colitis Caused by Dasatinib
Author(s) -
Nishant Patodi,
Nidhi Sagar,
Zbigniew Rudzki,
Gerald Langman,
Naveen Sharma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6560
pISSN - 2090-6579
DOI - 10.1155/2012/417106
Subject(s) - dasatinib , medicine , adverse effect , complication , colitis , chronic myeloid leukaemia , gastroenterology , myeloid leukemia , imatinib
Gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be a common adverse event associated with dasatinib therapy. Here we present a case of a 59-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) developing the rarest complication of haemorrhagic colitis with dasatinib therapy which resolved rapidly after treatment withdrawal.
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