A syndrome of thrombosis and hemorrhage complicating L-asparaginase therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • L-Asparaginase therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia causes deficiencies of plasma hemostatic proteins, especially antithrombin, plasminogen, and fibrinogen. Severe thromboses and hemorrhages occurred in 18 children receiving vincristine, prednisone, and asparaginase therapy for ALL. Thirteen children had intracranial thrombosis or hemorrhage, four had extremity thrombosis, and one had both an intracranial hemorrhage and an extremity thrombosis. These events occur characteristically in the third and fourth weeks of therapy during or just after a three-week course of L-asparaginase. Symptoms of headache, obtundation, hemiparesis, and seizure were common for the intracranial events: local pain, swelling, and discoloration were common for the extremity thromboses. These complications have been recognized in 1 to 2% of children undergoing induction therapy which includes asparaginase.

publication date

  • June 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Asparaginase
  • Hemorrhage
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid
  • Thrombosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0020066012

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80535-0

PubMed ID

  • 6953221

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 100

issue

  • 6