Dantrolene and lymphocytic lymphoma

Postgrad Med J. 1980 Apr;56(654):261-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.654.261.

Abstract

A patient is reported who was on prolonged treatment with dantrolene for spastic paraplegia; he developed a malignant lymphoma which led to his death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dantrolene / adverse effects*
  • Dantrolene / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / chemically induced*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Spasticity
  • Paraplegia / drug therapy

Substances

  • Dantrolene