Methemoglobinemia and hemolysis in a patient with G6PD deficiency treated with rasburicase

Am J Hematol. 2013 Feb;88(2):152-4. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23182. Epub 2012 May 10.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / chemically induced*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / therapy
  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use
  • Ascorbic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Cyclophosphamide / adverse effects
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / complications*
  • Hemolysis / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methemoglobinemia / chemically induced*
  • Methemoglobinemia / drug therapy
  • Methemoglobinemia / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / blood
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications*
  • Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy
  • Myeloablative Agonists / adverse effects
  • Myeloablative Agonists / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Lysis Syndrome / prevention & control*
  • Urate Oxidase / adverse effects*
  • Urate Oxidase / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Myeloablative Agonists
  • rasburicase
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Urate Oxidase
  • Ascorbic Acid