Haemorrhagic Colitis Caused by Dasatinib

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...

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Main Authors: Nishant Patodi, Nidhi Sagar, Zbigniew Rudzki, Gerald Langman, Naveen Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/417106
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-88190507b7d045238cc7783eed80a34f2025-02-03T05:51:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Hematology2090-65602090-65792012-01-01201210.1155/2012/417106417106Haemorrhagic Colitis Caused by DasatinibNishant Patodi0Nidhi Sagar1Zbigniew Rudzki2Gerald Langman3Naveen Sharma4Department of Gastroenterology, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UKDepartment of Gastroenterology, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UKDepartment of Histopathology, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UKDepartment of Histopathology, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UKDepartment of Gastroenterology, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UKGastrointestinal 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/417106
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