Journals / Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology / 2011 / Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 5

İnfliximab ve azathioprin’e bağlı ağır nötropeni ve trombositopeni geliflen bir Crohn olgusu

Infliximab- and azathioprine-related severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in a case with Crohn’s disease

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This case was considered as a serious adverse effect of infliximab and azathioprine combination therapy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 25-year-old female patient with Crohn’s disease had been using azathioprine and metronidazole for an extended period because of recurrent perianal and rectovaginal fistulae.
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Key Findings & Data:Neutropenia was ameliorated with use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
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Conclusion & Impact:This case was considered as a serious adverse effect of infliximab and azathioprine combination therapy.
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A 25-year-old female patient with Crohn’s disease had been using azathioprine and metronidazole for an extended period because of recurrent perianal and rectovaginal fistulae. Infliximab was added to the treatment regimen following postoperative recurrence of a rectovaginal fistula. Upon the development of severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia after the third dose of infliximab, azathioprine and infliximab were stopped. Neutropenia work-up did not reveal any other cause. Neutropenia was ameliorated with use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Treatment was restarted with infliximab alone upon leakage from the rectovaginal fistula with no hematologic toxicity. This case was considered as a serious adverse effect of infliximab and azathioprine combination therapy.

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Crohn hastalığı olan 25 yaşında kadın hasta tekrarlayan perianal ve rektovajinal fistül nedeniyle uzun süredir azathioprin ve metronidazol kullanıyordu. Ameliyat sonrası rektovajinal fistül tekrarladığından tedaviye infliximab eklendi. Üçüncü infliximab dozundan sonra gelişen ağır nötropeni nedeniyle azathioprin ve infliximab kesildi. Nötropeni için yapılan incelemelerde başka neden saptanmadı. Nötropeni ancak granülosit koloni-stimulan faktör kullanımı ile düzeldi. Takibinde rektovajinal fistülden tekrar akıntı olması üzerine tek başına başlanan infliximab tedavisi herhangi bir hematolojik toksisiteye neden olmadı. Bu durum infliximabazathioprin kombinasyonu sonrası gelişen nadir ciddi bir yan etki olarak değerlendirildi.

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KÖKSAL, A. R., ALKIM, C., ALTINKAYA, E., BUĞDACI, M. S., ÖZDOĞAN, O., BOĞA, S., ALKIM, H., SÖKMEN, M. (2011). İnfliximab ve azathioprin’e bağlı ağır nötropeni ve trombositopeni geliflen bir Crohn olgusu. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 5, 537–539. https://ajindex.com/articles/410803

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