在一个年轻的病人使用克洛扎治疗精神分裂症的扩散性大B细胞淋巴瘤与皮肤表现:一个病例报告
Marina Coelho Moraes de Brito1,2, Maria Magalhães Vasconcelos Guedes1, Janaíra da Silva Nascimento3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas of Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
The American journal of case reports
|November 21, 2023
概括
这份病例报告强调了克洛扎宾 (一种精神分裂症药物) 与扩散性大B细胞淋巴瘤风险增加之间的潜在联系. 需要进一步的研究来证实这种关联,并指导长期使用克洛扎.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 非霍奇金淋巴瘤是一种常见的血液性恶性瘤,扩散性大B细胞淋巴瘤 (DLBCL) 是最常见的亚型.
- 皮肤参与DLBCL是罕见的,已确定的危险因素包括农药暴露,酒精和烟草使用.
- 近年来,克洛扎宾 (clozapine) 是耐药性精神分裂症的关键治疗方法,与血液性恶性瘤之间存在关联.
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