Acute promyelocytic leukemic involvement of the optic nerves following mitoxantrone treatment for multiple sclerosis

J Neurol Sci. 2008 Oct 15;273(1-2):144-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.06.028. Epub 2008 Aug 6.

Abstract

Mitoxantrone, the first immunosuppressant to receive FDA approval for treatment of worsening relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, and progressive-relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) is a DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor that has been associated with the development of acute promyelocytic myelogenous leukemia (APML). Central nervous system APML is a rare site of extramedullary involvement following mitoxantrone therapy. We report a patient with history of multiple sclerosis who developed bilateral optic nerve involvement as the primary manifestation of APML relapse following mitoxantrone treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / chemically induced*
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitoxantrone / adverse effects*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy
  • Optic Nerve / drug effects*
  • Optic Nerve / physiopathology

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Mitoxantrone