[Neurectodermal malignant tumor of the soft tissues after treatment with immunosuppressive agents of lipoid nephrosis].

Abstract

Immunosuppressive drugs are known to increase the risk of inducing neoplasia, especially acute leukaemia when high doses are used. A case of nephrosis in a 10 year-old boy treated with chlormethine (cumulative dose: 0.8 mg/kg) and chlorambucil (cumulative dose: 10 mg/kg) is reported. Four years after the beginning of the treatment an extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma occurred. Since the review of literature failed to find any malignancy induced by such an immunosuppressive treatment for nephrosis, the question whether or not this extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma was attributable to this treatment remains unanswered.

• Authors: G Parlier, A Bensman, G Leverger, L Boccon-Gibod, M Gruner
• Journal: Archives francaises de pediatrie (Arch Fr Pediatr) Vol. 49 Issue 2 Pg. 117-9 (Feb 1992) ISSN: 0003-9764 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Tumeur maligne neurectodermique des parties molles après traitement par immunosuppresseurs d'une néphrose lipoïdique.
• PMID: 1374605 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Chlorambucil
• Dactinomycin
• Mechlorethamine
• Vincristine
• Cyclophosphamide

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Child
• Chlorambucil (therapeutic use)
• Cyclophosphamide (therapeutic use)
• Dactinomycin (therapeutic use)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Immunosuppression Therapy (adverse effects)
• Immunosuppressive Agents (adverse effects)
• Male
• Mechlorethamine (therapeutic use)
• Nephrosis, Lipoid (drug therapy)
• Sarcoma, Ewing (drug therapy)
• Soft Tissue Neoplasms (drug therapy)
• Vincristine (therapeutic use)