Etoposide-related cardiotoxicity in a child with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

作者信息

Escoto Heather, Ringewald Jeremy, Kalpatthi Ram

机构信息

Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.

出版信息

Cardiol Young. 2010 Feb;20(1):105-7. doi: 10.1017/S1047951109991272. Epub 2010 Feb 25.

We report a male child with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis who developed myocardial infarction after receiving etoposide. He recovered well with supportive measures and after discontinuation of etoposide. We discuss the possible mechanisms and differential diagnoses of myocardial infarction in our patient.