Occurrence of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Boy Treated with Growth Hormone for Growth Retardation after Irradiation to the Brain Tumor
Sasaki, Ushio; Hara, Masamichi; Watanabe, Shaw; Sasaki Ushio; Neurosurgery Ehime Chuo Hospital; Hara Masamichi; Hematology Ehime Chuo Hospital; Watanabe Shaw; Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Журнал:
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
Дата:
1988
Аннотация:
An 18-year-old male patient who had suffered from polyuria, nocturia and easy fatigabiity since childhood is described. A germ cell tumor in the suprahypophyseal region was diagnosed at the age of 13 years, and was treated by cranial irradiation. Growth retardation and other signs of hypophyseal deficiency successively occurred, and human growth hormone was administered for two years and five months from the age of 16 years until acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed. Adrianiycin, vincristine and prednisolone therapy induced complete remission, but the patient died of disseminated intravascular coagulation two months later. The relationship between the occurrence of leukemia and administration of growth hormone is discussed.
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