A case with extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma: a late effect related to bone marrow transplantation for thalassemia or a component of a familial cancer syndrome?

Abstract excerpt

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has proved to be a radical form of cure in patients with beta-thalassemia major who have a human leukocyte antigen identical donor. Although malignant neoplasms are serious late complications of bone marrow transplantation, very few reports describing the development of malignant tumors after allografting for thalassemia appeared in the literature. A case is presented here...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to beta-Thalassemia
• Share to Bone Marrow Transplantation