Incidentally Discovered Aortic Thrombosis in a Patient Undergoing Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer

This case report describes a 68-year-old male who presented to the emergency department (ED) with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fatigue after starting adjuvant combination chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin two weeks prior. Further evaluation of this patient in the ED r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Burton, Kyle A, Gualdoni, Steven, Acharya, Sheetal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37323352
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39042
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Sumario:This case report describes a 68-year-old male who presented to the emergency department (ED) with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fatigue after starting adjuvant combination chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin two weeks prior. Further evaluation of this patient in the ED revealed an incidentally discovered aortic thrombosis, of which this patient did not exhibit any specific symptoms. This case, among a few others, has described the development of arterial thrombosis in patients with cancer undergoing combination chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin.

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