1. Vertebral Artery Occlusion After Chemotherapy
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Vicente Pascual Serrano Castro, Susana Puerta Fernández, Guillermina García Martín, Manuel Romero Acebal, Omar Hamad Cueto, [García Martín,G, Serrano Castro,VP, Hamad Cueto,O, and Romero Acebal, M]Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain. [Puerta Fernández,S] Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Nausea ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Vertebral artery occlusion ,Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged [Medical Subject Headings] ,Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans [Medical Subject Headings] ,Thecoma ,medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Vertebrobasilar insufficiency ,Stroke ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Clinical Protocols::Antineoplastic Protocols::Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols [Medical Subject Headings] ,Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,Cisplatin ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Histologic Type::Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue::Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors::Thecoma [Medical Subject Headings] ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Endocrine Gland Neoplasms::Ovarian Neoplasms [Medical Subject Headings] ,Check Tags::Female [Medical Subject Headings] ,Anesthesia ,Vomiting ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,human activities ,Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Brain Diseases::Cerebrovascular Disorders::Brain Ischemia::Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency [Medical Subject Headings] ,Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Brain Diseases::Cerebrovascular Disorders::Stroke [Medical Subject Headings] ,medicine.drug - Abstract
To the Editor: We have read the interesting report by Periard et al about cisplatin-induced strokes.1 The role of tumors as risk factors for vascular disorders has long been established. However, there is little evidence regarding the effects of chemotherapy. Several reports describe vascular toxicity in young patients treated with cisplatin, and these studies suggest a casual link.2,3 We present a patient who experienced a stroke due to vertebral artery occlusion after chemotherapy. A 48-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with nausea, vomiting, and headache. The patient also complained of tingling in the left …
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- 2008
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