title: Successful treatment of a case of relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia with arsenic trioxide.
abstract: We report a patient with an initial relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) who achieved a second complete remission (CR) after treatment with arsenic trioxide. The patient, a 66-year-old woman diagnosed as having relapsed APL, received arsenic trioxide intravenously at a dose of 10 mg/day. At day 36, the patient achieved a second CR. The side effects were slight neuralgia and mild skin erythematous changes, which improved following cessation of the drug. Although arsenic trioxide may be effective for relapsed APL, it should be used with caution because of various complications.
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido Prefectural Sapporo Kitano Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishitani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niitsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010087:Oxides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001152:Arsenicals; D010087:Oxides; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide