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First report of a medullar cord compression secondary to osseous plasmacytoma successfully treated with bortezomib and dexamethasone
- Source :
- Leukemia Research. 34:e97-e99
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- Medullar cord compression secondary to osseous plasmacytomas affecting the vertebrae is an oncological emergency. A 75-year-old woman with recurrent osseous plasmacytomas and thoracic spinal cord compression, previously treated with radiotherapy, was successfully treated with bortezomib and dexamethasone. Three years later, when the plasmacytoma and spinal cord compression relapsed, she was retreated with the same therapeutic scheme, achieving a new complete clinical remission. This is the first reported case of an excellent response to the combination of bortezomib and dexamethasone for spinal cord compression due to osseous plasmacytoma.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Cord
business.industry
Bortezomib
medicine.medical_treatment
Hematology
musculoskeletal system
medicine.disease
Surgery
Radiation therapy
Oncology
immune system diseases
Spinal cord compression
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Medicine
Plasmacytoma
business
Previously treated
neoplasms
Dexamethasone
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01452126
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Leukemia Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........afa29aaad92247a595d7ae73c7685dda