Abstract
We present a patient with thalassemia major who developed a gastric ulcer, probably related to the use of deferasirox. Although gastric ulcer is mentioned as infrequent adverse event in the scientific product information of deferasirox, in our current knowledge, this is the first case-report on this adverse drug reaction. The severity of this event justifies the reporting of this case.
Keywords
Case report Deferasirox Gastric ulcer Haematemesis Pediatrics Haemato-oncologyNotes
Conflicts of interest
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
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