Gastric ulcer in a child treated with deferasirox.
Author(s): Bauters T, Mondelaers V, Robays H, Hunninck K, de Moerloose B
Affiliation(s): Department of Pharmacy, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. tiene.bauters@uzgent.be
Publication date & source: 2010-04, Pharm World Sci., 32(2):112-3. Epub 2010 Jan 9.
Publication type: Case Reports
We present a patient with thalassemia major who developed a gastric ulcer, probably related to the use of deferasirox. Although gastric ulcer is mentioned as infrequent adverse event in the scientific product information of deferasirox, in our current knowledge, this is the first case-report on this adverse drug reaction. The severity of this event justifies the reporting of this case.
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