Pleural Effusion: A Rare Side Effect of Nilotinib—A Case Report

Pleural effusion, as a side effect of tyrosine kinases, may be seen as most commonly associated with dasatinib and very rarely seen with nilotinib. In this report we present a chronic phase of CML case that was treated with nilotinib due to imatinib (Gleevec) allergy and had pleural effusion with ni...

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Main Authors: Hava Üsküdar Teke, Olga Meltem Akay, Deniz Gören Şahin, Mustafa Karagülle, Eren Gündüz, Neslihan Andıç
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/203939