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SUBMITTER: Galvan OP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993068 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Galván Oriol Plans OP Moltó Hipólito Pérez HP Fabià-Mayans Ariadna A Xicoy Blanca B Mate José Luis JL Martí Pilar Ricart PR
Clinical medicine insights. Case reports 20180423
Hydroxyurea (HU) is a drug frequently used in the treatment of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms. The most common side effects of this drug are pancytopenia, digestive and skin disorders. Respiratory complications are rare and there are less than 20 cases described, only 5 of which underwent an anatomopathological study. We present the case of a patient with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm who developed interstitial pneumonitis probably due to HU according to histological study. ...[more]