72 research outputs found
Deciphering the role of ectosomes in cancer development and progression : focus on the proteome
Drug-associated disease: Hematologic dysfunction
Hematologic dysfunction, including thrombocytopenia, anemia, neutropenia, thromboses, and coagulopathy, occur commonly during critical illnesses. A major challenge is lo identify drug-induced causes of hematologic dysfunction. Given the wide variety of drug-induced hematologic effects, clinicians always should consider any concomitant drugs in the differential diagnosis of acquired hematologic dysfunction. The most severe effects include drug-induced aplastic anemia, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy. Certain drugs are associated with multiple hematologic effects. For example, cisplatin can cause hemolytic uremia syndrome and erythropoietin deficiency, and quinine can precipitate immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, and thrombotic microangiopathy
P579: A PHASE 4 STUDY OF FRACTIONATED GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN ON QT INTERVAL AND SAFETY IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY CD33-POSITIVE ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
Diagnostic usefulness of plexus magnetic resonance imaging in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy without electrodiagnostic criteria of demyelination.
The usefulness of plexus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy (CIDP) without definite European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) electrodiagnostic criteria is currently unclear.
Data from consecutive patients with clinical manifestations suggesting CIDP, with or without (CIDP-D and CIDP-ND, respectively) definite EFNS/PNS electrodiagnostic criteria, and referred for plexus MRI in our imaging centre were retrospectively analysed. An expert committee of neurologists compared the level of suspicion of CIDP in CIDP-ND patients to the blinded/unblinded MRI findings. Plexus MRI was reviewed by a neuroradiologist blinded to the final diagnosis.
In all, 38 patients were assessed with suspected CIDP-ND [7/38 (18%) probable; 13/38 (34%) possible; 18/38 (47%), no EFNS/PNS electrodiagnostic criteria], plus 10 with CIDP-D. Thirty-six of the 38 (95%) fulfilled clinical criteria of CIDP variants, including pure sensory neuropathy in 22/36 (61%). Plexus MRI showed abnormalities in 22/38 (58%) patients including increased nerve signal intensity on T2-weighted images in 22/22 (100%), nerve enlargement in 20/22 (91%) and contrast enhancement in 8/22 (36%). Plexus MRI enabled the expert committee's final diagnosis to be adjusted in 7/38 (18%) patients, and in conjunction with nerve conduction studies was a supportive criterion to classify 7/24 (29%) patients as definite CIDP. MRI abnormalities were more asymmetrical (P = 0.03) and less diffuse (P = 0.1) in CIDP-ND than in CIDP-D.
Our observations suggest that plexus MRI makes a valuable contribution to the diagnosis of CIDP-ND patients. Further studies are needed to investigate inter-rater reliability of clinical and imaging criteria of CIDP in these patients, and the impact on outcomes
Phase 1 Study of Anti-CD22 Immunoconjugate Inotuzumab Ozogamicin (CMC-544) Plus Rituximab In Japanese Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
PB2032: MAGNETISMM-9: AN OPEN-LABEL, MULTICENTER, NON-RANDOMIZED PHASE 1/2 STUDY OF ELRANATAMAB IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA
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