CAN AZATHIOPRINE (AZA) INDUCE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS? - CASE REPORT
Erwa Elmakki
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Faculty of medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Azathioprine (AZA) therapy has been reported to cause cancer in different parts of human body. In this case we reported the first case of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus induced by long term and high dose Azathioprine therapy in a lady with an autoimmune hepatitis.
4 , 2 , 2014
84 - 86