Case Reports in Hematology (Jan 2012)

Haemorrhagic Colitis Caused by Dasatinib

  • Nishant Patodi,
  • Nidhi Sagar,
  • Zbigniew Rudzki,
  • Gerald Langman,
  • Naveen Sharma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/417106
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be a common adverse event associated with dasatinib therapy. Here we present a case of a 59-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) developing the rarest complication of haemorrhagic colitis with dasatinib therapy which resolved rapidly after treatment withdrawal.