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Title:

Cisplatin-associated occlusion of the internal carotid artery.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Etgen, T; Weidenhöfer, G; Kubin, T
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Cisplatin is a highly effective antineoplastic agent used also in germ cell cancer. Thromboembolic complications like pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction and stroke have occasionally been reported. CASE REPORT: A 46-year-old man with seminoma and without any cerebrovascular risk factors developed an acute stroke with complete right-sided hemiparesis and global aphasia, during the second cycle of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. After exclusion of an intracerebral bleeding, a syste...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Onkologie
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
32
Journal issue:
12
Pages contribution:
754-7
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000252798
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016238
Print-ISSN:
0378-584X
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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