Regression of androgen-related hepatic tumors in patients with Fanconi's anemia following marrow transplantation.
Two patients with Fanconi's anemia treated for 5 years with oxymetholone developed hepatic function abnormalities in association with hepatic tumors demonstrated by isotope liver-spleen scan or abdominal echogram. The lesions resolved over a period of 26 months after allogeneic marrow transplantation, and the patients are alive and well 3 and 4 years following transplantation. The course of these patients indicates that marrow transplantation for Fanconi's anemia allows the withdrawal of androgens and subsequent regression of androgen-related hepatic tumors in patients who might otherwise have a fatal outcome.
D000293:Adolescent; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000628:therapy*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000473:pathology*; D010110:Oxymetholone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010110:Oxymetholone