| Literature DB >> 7053705 |
R A Gill, G R Onstad, J M Cardamone, D C Maneval, H W Sumner.
Abstract
Clinically reversible veno-occlusive disease of the liver developed in a 23-year-old man with acute lymphocytic leukemia after 10 months of maintenance therapy with 6-thioguanine. Serial liver biopsies showed the development and resolution of intense sinusoidal engorgement. Although this disease was clinically reversible, some subintimal fibrosis about the terminal hepatic veins persisted. This case presented a unique opportunity to observe the histologic features of clinically reversible hepatic veno-occlusive disease over time, and may be the first case of veno-occlusive related solely to 6-thioguanine.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7053705 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-96-1-58
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Intern Med ISSN: 0003-4819 Impact factor: 25.391