title: An acute cerebellar syndrome following high-dose chemotherapy and a blood cell autotransplant.
abstract: A woman with high-risk stage III breast cancer developed acute cerebellar syndrome 75 days after high-dose chemotherapy and blood cell transplant (BCT). An extensive search for metastatic, vascular, metabolic, infectious, and paraneoplastic etiologies was negative. We postulate a delayed adverse effect of high-dose chemotherapy as the etiology.
authors.affiliation: Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Northwest BMT Program, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous