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Electrochemotherapy of Tumours
Published on: December 14, 2008
[Ischemic stroke after chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin: case report]
Adrialdo José Santos1, Suzana Maria Fleury Malheiros, Lia Raquel Rodrigues Borges
1Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. ajsnoncology@hotmail.com.br
Abstract:
A 20-year-old man with a germ cell tumor who experienced an ischemic stroke as a complication of cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin based chemotherapy is reported. The previously reported cases are reviewed as well as the different physiopathologic mechanisms associated with vascular toxicity of this regimen.
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