Pyomyositis associated with chemotherapy for endometrial cancer: a case report

Pyomyositis is a rare complication of chemotherapy for non-hematological malignancies. A 58-year-old woman with endometrial carcinoma, in whom pyomyositis developed during adjuvant chemotherapy, was presented in this report. After initiating empiric antibiotic therapy for febrile neutrocytopenia, sc...

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Autores principales: Nakao, Yoshifumi, Yokoyama, Masatoshi, Nishiyama, Satoshi, Hashiguchi, Mariko, Aihara, Satomi, Yasunaga, Makio, Noguchi, Mitsuyo, Iwasaka, Tsuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-45
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Sumario:Pyomyositis is a rare complication of chemotherapy for non-hematological malignancies. A 58-year-old woman with endometrial carcinoma, in whom pyomyositis developed during adjuvant chemotherapy, was presented in this report. After initiating empiric antibiotic therapy for febrile neutrocytopenia, screening CT showed multiple abscesses in the lower limbs. Operative drainage of the abscess was effective.

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