Mitomycin-C induced hemolytic uremic syndrome: a case report and literature review

Jpn J Clin Oncol. 1997 Apr;27(2):115-8. doi: 10.1093/jjco/27.2.115.

Abstract

Hemolytic uremic syndrome spontaneously arises in a few patients with advanced cancer, but it is more commonly related to the use of certain chemotherapeutic agents. Mitomycin-C is, etiologically, the most common causative agent inducing hemolytic uremic syndrome, in a dose dependent manner. We report this syndrome, attributable to mitomycin-C at a cumulative dose of 40 mg/m2, in a gastric cancer patient. A 42-year-old female with stage III gastric cancer underwent radical gastrectomy and was given mitomycin-C at 10 mg/m2 intravenously every four weeks as adjuvant therapy. Hemolytic uremic syndrome was diagnosed three months after the last dose of mitomycin-C administration. The most prominent symptoms included pallor, hypertension and anasarca, with laboratory evidence of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, azotemia and hyperkalemia. Her disease was progressive, but fortunately stabilized after staphylococcus column A dialysis. Her disease remained in remission for 24 months from the time of diagnosis, and then relapsed in the form of peritoneal carcinomatosis with partial intestinal obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Gastrectomy
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Mitomycin / adverse effects*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Mitomycin