[Myelodysplastic syndrome with monosomy 7 following combination therapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, cyclosporin A and danazole in an adult patient with severe aplastic anemia]

Rinsho Ketsueki. 1997 Sep;38(9):745-51.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of severe aplastic anemia (SAA) treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), cyclosporin A and danazole, in which myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with monosomy 7 developed eight months later. A 24-year-old woman was diagnosed as having SAA and was initially treated with G-CSF, cyclosporin A and danazole. At initial presentation, bone marrow aspirate revealed marked hypocellularity with a normal karyotype (46, XX [20]) and no MDS features. Eight months after initial treatment, leukocytosis and reticulocytosis were observed and bone marrow aspirate showed hypercellular marrow with morphological and cytogenetic features (45, XX, -7 [16]/46, XX [4]) characteristic of MDS (refractory anemia). A total of 75 mg (1.25 mg/kg) of G-CSF had been administered during the preceding eight months. Among seven previous reports published in Japan since 1992, in which MDS/acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) developed from SAA treated with G-CSF, six showed monosomy 7. Careful observation for leukemic transformation is therefore indicated in patients with SAA who are treated with G-CSF.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Aplastic / complications
  • Anemia, Aplastic / therapy*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7*
  • Cyclosporine / administration & dosage
  • Cyclosporine / adverse effects*
  • Danazol / administration & dosage
  • Danazol / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / administration & dosage
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Monosomy*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / etiology*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics*

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Cyclosporine
  • Danazol