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Turkish Journal of Cancer
1993, Volume 23, Number 2, Page(s) 97-101
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Recurrent splenic enlargement during granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor therapy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome
NURULLAH AKKOÇ1, BÜLENT ÜNDAR2, BAHRİYE PAYZIN2, MEHMET ALAKAVUKLAR2, CAVİT ÇEHRELİ2
Departments of 1lnternal Medicine and 2Hematology-Oncology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey
A 66-year-old man with refractory anemia with excess blasts received three courses of GM-CSF and low dose cytosine arabinoside, concomitantly. An enlargement of the spleen as well as an increase in Ieukocyte count was observed with each course of treatment. The patient died of leukemic transformation following the last course of GM-CSF therapy.
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