[A case of effective weekly paclitaxel administration for gastric cancer recurrence with carcinomatous pericarditis].
We reported a case of effective weekly paclitaxel administration for gastric cancer recurrence with carcinomatous pericarditis. A 69-year-old man underwent distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in December 2001. However, he was re-admitted to the hospital for dyspnea in November 2002. A diagnosis of cardiac tamponade caused by gastric cancer relapse was made, and the patient was treated by weekly paclitaxel administration (90 mg/body) after drainage. It was effective in preventing reaccumulation of the pericardial effusion until his death 73 days after the diagnosis. It is thought that weekly paclitaxel administration can be a treatment for carcinomatous pericarditis.
Sakusabe
Masaru
M
Dept. of Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital.
Ouchi
Shin-ichiro
S
Seki
Hitoshi
H
Kumagai
Yukiko
Y
Kamata
Shuichi
S
Kotanagi
Hitoshi
H
D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004322:Drainage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000517:prevention & control; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel