title: Successful treatment of vincristine induced ptosis and polyneuropathy with pyridoxine and pyridostigmine in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Vincristine is used in the treatment of solid tumors, lymphoma and leukemia in children. The dose-limiting toxicity is its neurotoxicity. We describe a 2-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed vincristine-induced polyneuropathy with bilateral ptosis and recovered on treatment with pyridoxine and pyridostigmine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical Collge, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kamalakshi G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Anupama S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Borker