Přínos nových inhibitorů angiogeneze (bevacizumab a aflibercept) pro léčbu mnohočetné angiomatózy: kazuistika
| Title in English | The benefit of new angiogenesis (bevacizumab and afiibercept) inhibitors for multiple angiomatosis therapy: a case report |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Vnitřní lékařství |
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| Field | Oncology and hematology |
| Keywords | Angiomatosis; hemangiomas; angiodysplasia |
| Description | Angiomatosis is a term for multiple, gradually proliferating hemangiomas (angiodysplasia), affecting multiple organs or tissues at the same time. We describe a 12-year course of treatment of a patient with multiple hemangiomas located in the abdomen, retroperitoneum, oesophagus, mediastinum and also in vertebrae. The diagnosis was made in 2005 within probatory laparotomy, at the age of 28 years. The treatment was commenced right after making the diagnosis with interferon a. Due to its adverse effects (fatigue, anorexia), the use of interferon a was limited to the first year, after which the interferon dose was gradually being reduced until it was discontinued completely. From 2006 to 2011 the treatment was based on thalidomide and temporarily also on lenalidomide. By the end of the year 2011 the patient was stabilized through the effect of these drugs, without a need of repeated blood transfusions. In 2012 his condition got worse again, which required several transfusions in one month. We tested metronomic administration of cyclophosphamide and further administration of propranolol, however neither of them improved the patient's situation. Injections of octreotide (Sandostatin 0.1 mg twice a day) helped reduce losses during bleeding into the alimentary tract. Still the patient continued to depend on blood transfusions. |