Arsenic toxicity manifesting as profuse watery diarrhea during induction therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia

Arsenic toxicity manifesting as profuse watery diarrhea during induction therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia

Abstract Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is generally well tolerated for treatment of APL. We present a patient with severe watery diarrhea and pancreatitis thought to be due to ATO toxicity in the setting of obesity and acute kidney injury. Future studies evaluating ATO levels in patients experiencing toxic...

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Main Authors: Ashley Ott, Vinayak Venkataraman, Yousef R. Badran, Rose Goldman, Smiljana Spasic, Darshali A. Vyas, Philip Amrein, Steven McAfee, Andrew Brunner, Amir T. Fathi, Rupa Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-05-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
APL
APML
arsenic
diarrhea
obesity
renal insufficiency
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4115

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4115

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