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Busulfan as a Myelosuppressive Agent for Generating Stable High-level Bone Marrow Chimerism in Mice
Published on: April 1, 2015
Pregnancy in a patient receiving busulphan for chronic myeloid leukaemia
M R Norhaya1, S K Cheong, N H Hamidah
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur.
Abstract:
A 33-year-old Malay lady with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) became amenorrhoeic during therapy with busulphan. Pregnancy was diagnosed via a urine pregnancy test and an ultrasound confirmed a viable foetus at 16 weeks. The busulphan was stopped. Her pregnancy was unremarkable and continued till term. She delivered a healthy child.
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