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- Title
Chalazia development in multiple myeloma: a new complication associated with bortezomib therapy.
- Authors
Yun, Charles; Mukhi, Nikhil; Kremer, Valerie; Shinder, Roman; Verma, Vaibhav; Batuman, Olcay
- Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a neoplasm of plasma cells within the bone marrow. A major impact on improving survival in MM has been the use of the boronic acid-derived proteasome inhibitor bortezomib, a first-in-class selective inhibitor of the 26S proteasome. Ocular side effects of bortezomib are rare. In this report, we present 2 patients with active MM in whom persistent chalazia became a therapy-interfering complication of treatment with bortezomib. Both patients had relapsed ISS III B kappa light chain myeloma, and they were responding to treatment with bortezomib until chalazia - which caused intolerable discomfort - started. In both patients discontinuation of bortezomib was necessary for chalazia to heal, and restarting of bortezomib was associated with relapse of chalazia.
- Subjects
BORTEZOMIB; DRUG side effects; ENDOPLASMIC reticulum; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
- Publication
Hematology Reports, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 2, p38
- ISSN
2038-8322
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4081/hr.2015.5729