Transitory Spontaneous Remission of Myelodysplasia in an Elderly Man while Receiving Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for Bladder Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Transitory Spontaneous Remission of Myelodysplasia in an Elderly Man while Receiving Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for Bladder Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published:2018-11-11 Issue: Volume:2018 Page:1-7
ISSN:2090-6560
Container-title:Case Reports in Hematology
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Hematology

Author:

Murray Nigel P.¹²^ORCID,Fuentealba Cynthia³,Salazar Isidora⁴,Salazar Aníbal³^ORCID,Lopez Marco Antonio⁵,Minzer Simona⁵

Affiliation:

1. Consultant Hemologist, Depto. Medicine, Hospital de Carabineros de Chile, Simón Bolívar 2200, Ñuñoa 7770199, Santiago, Chile

2. Professor Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University Finis Terrae, Av Pedro de Valdivia 1509, Providencia, Santiago, Chile

3. Consultant Urologist, Urology Service, Hospital de Carabineros de Chile, Simón Bolívar 2200, Ñuñoa 7770199, Santiago, Chile

4. Medical Student, Faculty Medicine, University Los Andes, Monseñor Alvaro del Portillo 12,455 Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

5. Physician, General Medicine, Hospital de Carabineros de Chile, Simón Bolívar 2200, Ñuñoa 7770199, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

Myelodysplasia is a clonal disorder characterized by progressive cytopenias. Intravescial BCG is standard immunotherapy for superficial bladder cancer. We present a patient with transfusion-dependent myelodysplasia whose blood counts normalized during treatment with intravesical BCG for bladder cancer. After finishing treatment, the patient became transfusion dependent once more. We discuss possible mechanisms to explain this case report.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Cell Biology,Developmental Biology,Embryology,Anatomy

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/crihem/2018/9750532.pdf

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