Possible association between Budd-Chiari Syndrome and gemtuzumab ozogamicin treatment in a patient with refractory acute myelogenous leukemia

Am J Hematol. 2005 Nov;80(3):213-5. doi: 10.1002/ajh.20432.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aminoglycosides / adverse effects*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / etiology
  • Female
  • Gemtuzumab
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Salvage Therapy

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Gemtuzumab