Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinicoradiologic entity that may present with headaches, altered mental status, seizures and visual loss as well as specific neuroimaging findings. We report a case of a 74-year-old woman receiving adjuvant gemcitabine chemotherapy as monotherapy fo...

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Autores principales: Marrone, Luiz Carlos Porcello, Marrone, Bianca Fontana, de la Puerta Raya, Julia, Gadonski, Giovani, da Costa, Jaderson Costa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: February 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324581
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author Marrone, Luiz Carlos Porcello
Marrone, Bianca Fontana
de la Puerta Raya, Julia
Gadonski, Giovani
da Costa, Jaderson Costa
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description Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinicoradiologic entity that may present with headaches, altered mental status, seizures and visual loss as well as specific neuroimaging findings. We report a case of a 74-year-old woman receiving adjuvant gemcitabine chemotherapy as monotherapy for a stage IIa pancreatic adenocarcinoma, who developed posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-30721842011-04-07 Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Marrone, Luiz Carlos Porcello Marrone, Bianca Fontana de la Puerta Raya, Julia Gadonski, Giovani da Costa, Jaderson Costa Case Rep Oncol Published: February 2011 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinicoradiologic entity that may present with headaches, altered mental status, seizures and visual loss as well as specific neuroimaging findings. We report a case of a 74-year-old woman receiving adjuvant gemcitabine chemotherapy as monotherapy for a stage IIa pancreatic adenocarcinoma, who developed posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. S. Karger AG 2011-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3072184/ /pubmed/21475595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324581 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: February 2011
Marrone, Luiz Carlos Porcello
Marrone, Bianca Fontana
de la Puerta Raya, Julia
Gadonski, Giovani
da Costa, Jaderson Costa
Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title_full Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title_fullStr Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title_short Gemcitabine Monotherapy Associated with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
title_sort gemcitabine monotherapy associated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
topic Published: February 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324581
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