Case Reports
Vol. 9 No. 4 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.570

Off-label use of thalidomide for the treatment of a bleeding cutaneous metastasis

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Received: 7 December 2014
Published: 5 October 2015
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Thalidomide, off-label, bleeding metastasis.
Medicine

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Federico Silvestri
silvestrifederico@alice.it
Division of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
Andrea Da Porto
Division of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
Antonella Labombarda
Division of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
Elisa Mansutti
Division of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
Adolfo Rogato
Division of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
We herein describe the case of a 65-year-old man with frequent hospitalizations for severe anemia due to several recurrent bleedings of a cutaneous metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma, and its successful off label treatment with thalidomide therapy for controlling bleeding and reducing transfusion requirements.

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Off-label use of thalidomide for the treatment of a bleeding cutaneous metastasis. (2015). Italian Journal of Medicine, 9(4), 377-379. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2015.570

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