Table 4

 Reports of haematological disease after the use of anti-TNFα treatment for RA

CitationDescription of event(s)
Infliximab
Kavanaugh8B cell lymphoma
Brown104Lymphoproliferative malignancy (15)
Geborek14Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (1)
Hodgkin’s disease (1)
Aouba105Haemophagocytic syndrome
Marchesoni65Bone marrow hypoplasia
Etanercept
Brown104Lymphoproliferative malignancy (3)
Kremer106Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Bathon107Hodgkin’s disease
Geborek14Immunocytoma of breast (1)
Acute myeloid leukaemia (1)
Kuruvilla66Aplastic anaemia
Adalimumab
Ziakas108Mantle cell lymphoma