title: Acute cerebrovascular accident after cisplatin treatment in a patient taking letrozole.
abstract: Vascular thrombotic events are common in patients with cancer and chemotherapy is considered a contributing factor. Venous thrombotic events are more common than arterial ones which are less documented. In this report, we describe a patient with right homonymous hemianopsia following treatment with cisplatin for small cell lung carcinoma while also taking letrozole. A brief review of the literature on arterial thrombotic events after chemotherapy follows.
authors: Centre Pluridisciplinaire d'Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Antonia
authors: A
authors: Digklia
authors: Ioannis A
authors: IA
authors: Voutsadakis
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000077289:Letrozole; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009570:Nitriles / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D014230:Triazoles; D000077289:Letrozole; D002945:Cisplatin