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Hydroxyurea-induced acute alveolitis in a Patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia

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  • Hydroxyurea, Alveolitis, Myeloid Leukemia
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A number of cytotoxic agents have been implicated in the production of widespread pulmonary alveolar damage. We present a case of life-threatening alveolitis in a patient on hydroxyurea for chronic myeloid leukaemia. The clinical course suggests that the alveolitis was induced by the hydroxyurea. This is the first reported case of hydroxyurea-induced pulmonary alveolitis.

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  1. Department of Haematology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Graham H. Jackson, Jonathon Wallis, Joanne Ledingham, Anne Lennard & Stephen J. Proctor

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Jackson, G.H., Wallis, J., Ledingham, J. et al. Hydroxyurea-induced acute alveolitis in a Patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 27, 168–169 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00689105

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