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Aortic dissection in a patient receiving chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease--a case report
M A Golden1, D J Vaughn, G W Crooks
1Department of Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Angiology
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
Cancer chemotherapy is associated with a wide range of vascular toxicities, which may be related to endothelial cell damage by these agents. The authors describe a patient with Hodgkin's disease who developed an atypical aortic dissection while receiving MOPP/ABV chemotherapy (nitrogen mustard, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone, doxorubicin, bleomycin, and vinblastine). They would place aortic dissection on the list of potential vascular complications associated with antineoplastic agents.