Imatinib-induced gastric antral vascular ectasia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia

Nawal F Alshehry; Paul Kortan; Jeffrey H Lipton

doi:10.1002/ccr3.49

Imatinib-induced gastric antral vascular ectasia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia

Clin Case Rep. 2014 Jun;2(3):77-8. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.49. Epub 2014 Mar 18.

Authors

Nawal F Alshehry¹, Paul Kortan², Jeffrey H Lipton³

Affiliations

¹ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Queens University Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; University of Toronto 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada.
³ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; University of Toronto 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada.

PMID: 25356253
PMCID: PMC4184597
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.49

Abstract

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) has been reported very rarely in imatinib-treated gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and scleroderma/pulmonary hypertension patients. We present the first report of a case of GAVE in a chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patient after treatment with imatinib. This diagnosis should be considered in CML patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms and anemia.

Keywords: GAVE; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; chronic myeloid leukemia; imatinib.