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A Novel Three-dimensional Flow Chamber Device to Study Chemokine-directed Extravasation of Cells Circulating under Physiological Flow Conditions
Published on: July 15, 2013
Drug extravasation: a dreaded complication
Esther Uña1, Fernando Cuadrillero, Francisco López-Lara
1Clinical Universitary Hospital, Oncology, C/Ramon Y Cajal S/N, Valladolid, 47005, Spain.
Abstract:
A 62-year-old man diagnosed with a stage I lung adenocarcinoma was treated by an upper right lobectomy. Eighteen months later an elevation of carcinoembryoinc antigen (CEA) was detected, and CT tomography revealed a stage IV disease. Chemotherapy including cisplatin (Platinol) and docetaxel (Taxotere) was administered. He presented 12 days after receiving an intravenous infusion because he noticed a burning sensation, erythema and blisters at the site of the last infusion and proximal to that area. On physical examination he had a 9×4.5 cm swollen area of erythema and multiple blisters. The diagnosis of delayed and distant docetaxel extravasation was made. The treatment consisted of normal saline washes, topical hydrocortisone and antibiotic-based ointment which produced relief of the symptoms. This reaction resolved over the next 6 weeks, leaving two areas of brownish pigmentation of the skin as the only sequelae.
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