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An exceptional case of atrial fibrillation arrhythmia induced by etoposide
Wala Ben Kridis1, Afef Khanfir, Faten Triki
1Department of Oncology, Habib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax 3029, Tunisia. walabenkridis@yahoo.fr.
Background:
Arrhythmia induced by etoposide is exceedingly rare. There are only a very few individual case histories of arrhythmias during etoposide infusion, including atrial fibrillation.
Objective:
Through this uncommon case, we propose to study the pathophysiology, the diagnosis and the management of this entity.
Case Report:
We report a case of a 57-year-old man, without cardiac history, followed for endocrine tumor of the pancreas with liver metastases who had presented atrial fibrillation (AF) after etoposide infusion.
Conclusion:
It is important to consider cardiac monitoring during etoposide infusion in patients with known cardiac disease or at high risk of cardiac complications.
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