[Ischemic stroke after chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin: case report].
A 20-year-old man with a germ cell tumor who experienced an ischemic stroke as a complication of cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin based chemotherapy is reported. The previously reported cases are reviewed as well as the different physiopathologic mechanisms associated with vascular toxicity of this regimen.
Santos
Adrialdo José
AJ
Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. ajsnoncology@hotmail.com.br
Malheiros
Suzana Maria Fleury
SM
Borges
Lia Raquel Rodrigues
LR
Dzik
Carlos
C
Nalli
Darcio G
DG
Gabbai
Alberto Alain
AA
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000009:adverse effects; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects; D005047:Etoposide / Q000009:adverse effects; D018237:Germinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
D001761:Bleomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin
Acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico após quimioterapia com cisplatina, etoposide e bleomicina: relato de caso.