Arterial Emboli Complicating Cisplatin Therapy

We report three cases of arterial emboli in patients with lung cancer treated with cisplatin chemotherapy. All three patients were managed without surgical intervention but subsequent oncological treatment was complicated by the sequelae of arterial emboli. We discuss the issues surrounding these pa...

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Autores principales: Tait, Campbell D., Rankin, Elaine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/276385
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description We report three cases of arterial emboli in patients with lung cancer treated with cisplatin chemotherapy. All three patients were managed without surgical intervention but subsequent oncological treatment was complicated by the sequelae of arterial emboli. We discuss the issues surrounding these patients and the importance of identifying patients at risk of arterial embolic phenomena with cisplatin treatment.
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spelling pubmed-33501832012-05-17 Arterial Emboli Complicating Cisplatin Therapy Tait, Campbell D. Rankin, Elaine M. Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report We report three cases of arterial emboli in patients with lung cancer treated with cisplatin chemotherapy. All three patients were managed without surgical intervention but subsequent oncological treatment was complicated by the sequelae of arterial emboli. We discuss the issues surrounding these patients and the importance of identifying patients at risk of arterial embolic phenomena with cisplatin treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3350183/ /pubmed/22606452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/276385 Text en Copyright © 2012 C. D. Tait and E. M. Rankin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Arterial Emboli Complicating Cisplatin Therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350183/
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