Leukemia in a Patient Treated with Growth Hormone

[摘要] References(6)Cited-By(3)It is well known that growth hormone (GH) therapy is associated with increased risk of development of malignant tumors, especially leukemia. In the case presented, growth hormone treatment was initiated in a 25-year-old patient with hypopituitarism. After 4 months of therapy with thrice a week injections of rhGH, acute myelogenous leukemia developed. It was thought that no clearcut evidence existed to establish a relationship between the growth hormone treatment and development of acute leukemia.

[学科分类] 内分泌与代谢学

[关键词] Growth hormone therapy;Acute leukemia