title: Possible association between Budd-Chiari Syndrome and gemtuzumab ozogamicin treatment in a patient with refractory acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO; CMA-676; Mylotarg) is a chemotherapeutic agent approved for the treatment of CD33-positive acute myelogenous leukemia in patients of age 60 years or older after first relapse. Hepatic veno-occlusive disease has been reported to develop as a late complication of gemtuzumab ozogamicin treatment. A patient who developed Budd-Chiari Syndrome with hepatic vein thrombosis following treatment with GO is presented. This complication has not been previously reported, and it deserves to be considered as a possible adverse effect of gemtuzumab ozogamicin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mevlüt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shorbagi
authors.forename: Kadri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Altundag
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elkiran
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Güllü
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kansu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D000079982:Gemtuzumab; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016879:Salvage Therapy
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000079982:Gemtuzumab