title: Successful capecitabine rechallenge following 5-fluorouracil-induced Takotsubo syndrome.
abstract: Cardiac toxicity is a widely reported complication of fluoropyrimidine chemotherapies (5-fluorouracil and capecitabine); however, Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is less widely reported. There is little data available describing the viability of fluoropyrimidine rechallenge after fluoropyrimidine-induced TS. We report the case of Ms X, a 41-year-old woman with metastatic oesophageal cancer, who developed acute onset left ventricular dysfunction, with a measured left ventricular ejection fraction of 15% on cycle 1 day 3 of FOLFOX chemotherapy, after disconnection of the fluorouracil infusion pump. Her symptoms resolved over 2 days, and an echocardiogram returned to normal within 2 weeks. 5-Fluorouracil was discontinued, and replaced with capecitabine, without recurrence of symptoms. The remainder of her treatment was uneventful. This is the second case to describe successful capecitabine retreatment following 5-fluorouracil-induced TS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology , University Hospital Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdelrahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology , University Hospital Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology , University Hospital Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
authors.forename: Haliana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yusof
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology , University Hospital Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
authors.forename: Nemer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Osman