Acute pancreatitis associated with high-dose interleukin-2 immunotherapy for malignant melanoma

We describe two cases of probable pancreatitis associated with high-dose bolus IL-2 therapy and provide a brief discussion of the evidence for IL-2 as the etiologic agent.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Western journal of medicine 1990-06, Vol.152 (6), p.714-716
Hauptverfasser:	Birchfield, G. R., Ward, J. H., Redman, B. G., Flaherty, L., Samlowski, W. E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Cancer Case studies Causes of Chemotherapy Complications and side effects Health aspects Humans Interleukin-2 Interleukin-2 - adverse effects Male Melanoma Melanoma - drug therapy Middle Aged Pancreatitis Pancreatitis - chemically induced Pancreatitis - diagnosis Pancreatitis - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe two cases of probable pancreatitis associated with high-dose bolus IL-2 therapy and provide a brief discussion of the evidence for IL-2 as the etiologic agent.
ISSN:	0093-0415 1476-2978