Abstract
1/2022
vol. 19
Letter to the Editor
Ibrutinib-associated alveolar hemorrhage and spontaneous hemothorax
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Hematology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2022; 19 (1): 49-51
Online publish date: 2022/03/24
Ibrutinib is an irreversible inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase of the Tec family, which plays an important role in the B-cell receptor signaling pathway [1]. Ibrutinib is used for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, and graft versus host disease [2]. Ibrutinib predisposes to bleeding by inhibiting BTK and Tec, which play a role in the inhibitory signaling pathway of platelet collagen receptors such as glycoprotein VI (GP VI) and C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (CLEC-2). In addition, ibrutinib has an inhibitory effect on the interaction of von Willebrand factor and glycoprotein-1b (GP 1b), and microvascular hemorrhages can be explained by this mechanism [3]. Cases of ibrutinib-related minor bleeding besides fatal hemorrhages such as subdural hematoma, gastrointestinal bleeding, and very rarely hemothorax, have been reported in the literature [2, 4]. Here, we aimed to present a case of ibrutinib-related alveolar hemorrhage and spontaneous hemothorax in a patient with pulmonary graft versus host disease due to allogeneic stem cell transplantation performed for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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