title: Worm-like thrombus in left main coronary artery after cytostatic treatment.
abstract: This paper reports a 43-year-old patient who had a large, mobile, worm-like thrombus in the left main coronary artery after receiving a chemotherapy regimen containing cisplatin, bleomycin and etoposide for a nonseminomatous testes tumor. The patient was successfully treated with thrombolytic therapy. Physicians should be aware that thrombotic events may be observed after the administration of certain chemotherapeutic agents, particularly cisplatin.
authors.affiliation: Corum State Hospital, Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karavelioglu
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekicibasi
authors.forename: Ali C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tanalp
authors.forename: Hekim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karapinar
authors.forename: Soe M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Aung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D054697:Cytostatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D054697:Cytostatic Agents