Carboplatin-induced hypersensitivity reaction.
We describe a 65-year-old female with relapsed ovarian cancer who developed a severe hypersensitivity reaction during the second cycle of carboplatin treatment. The patient developed respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome and hypotension, requiring admission to the intensive care unit.
Department of Internal Medicine, Volos General Hospital, Volos, Greece.
Evangelos
E
Potolidis
Charalampos
C
Mandros