Broca’s aphasia due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer: A case report and review of literature

Cancer is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular incidents and treatment with chemotherapy enhances that risk further. Brocha’s aphasia is a stroke-related syndrome, the presentation of which has been rarely reported during cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The current study presents the c...

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Autores principales: TUNCEL, TOLGA, OZGUN, ALPASLAN, EMIRZEOĞLU, LEVENT, CELİK, SERKAN, DEMİR, SERKAN, BILGI, OGUZ, KARAGOZ, BULENT
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4301499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25621071
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2709
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Sumario:Cancer is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular incidents and treatment with chemotherapy enhances that risk further. Brocha’s aphasia is a stroke-related syndrome, the presentation of which has been rarely reported during cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The current study presents the case of a 27-year-old male with advanced-stage small cell lung cancer. The patient developed Broca’s aphasia following cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

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