title: [Multiple cerebral infarcts associated with livedo secondary to anti-cancer therapy with interleukin 2 and interferon alpha].
abstract: Anticancer drugs rarely cause strokes. We report the case of a woman treated for a kidney cancer by IL2 and IFN alpha, having developed multiple strokes associated with a livedo. The responsibility of IL2 and IFN alpha seemed likely. The association with a transitory livedo suggested that the pathological process might be a cerebral angiopathy with arterial vasospasms.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Neurologique, CHU Rennes.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drapier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kassiotis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mourtada
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pinel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Edan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018860:Sneddon Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D007376:Interleukin-2