Anaemia with inflammation responding to lenalidomide.

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Anaemia with inflammation responding to lenalidomide.

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Oct 13;2016:

Authors: Haroun F, Mener A, Elkon J, Tabbara I

Abstract
We present a case of a 73-year-old woman with transfusion-dependent anaemia thought to be secondary to an unidentifiable inflammatory condition. Anaemia evaluation including multiple bone marrow biopsies was unrevealing, with the exception of a non-specific elevation of her erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. She had no identifiable inflammatory condition and did not meet the criteria for myelodysplastic syndrome. She was empirically treated with lenalidomide and achieved a complete response, suggesting that this immunomodulatory drug could potentially have a role in treating a subgroup of patients with immune-mediated anaemia.

PMID: 27737867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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