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Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a thalidomide-treated patient with primary plasma-cell leukemia.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
A 68-year-old man diagnosed with primary plasma-cell leukemia was given thalidomide maintenance treatment for his disease. He had previously failed induction therapy with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin, and dexamethasone, but achieved complete remission after melphalan therapy. Multiple syncopal episodes started to occur during thalidomide treatment, and a Holter electrocardiogram showed multiple abnormalities, with an episode of sustained ventricular tachycardia.
INVESTIGATIONS:
Blood tests, peripheral blood smear, bone-marrow biopsy and aspirate, Holter electrocardiogram.
DIAGNOSIS:
Sustained ventricular tachycardia possibly owing to thalidomide treatment.
MANAGEMENT:
Thalidomide withdrawal, dexamethasone maintenance therapy, monthly oral courses of combined melphalan and prednisone, salvage therapy with bortezomib.
AuthorsStelvio Ballanti, Elena Mastrodicasa, Niccolò Bolli, Flavia Lotti, Ilaria Capolsini, Laura Berchicci, Carla Merigiola, Giampiero Giordano, Antonio Tabilio
JournalNature clinical practice. Oncology (Nat Clin Pract Oncol) Vol. 4 Issue 12 Pg. 722-5 (Dec 2007) ISSN: 1743-4262 [Electronic] England
PMID18037876 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Thalidomide
Topics
  • Aged
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors (adverse effects)
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Plasma Cell (drug therapy)
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular (chemically induced)
  • Thalidomide (adverse effects)

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