Prevention of High-Dose Cytosine Arabinoside-Induced Acute Pericarditis with Preemptive Dexamethasone Administration: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pericarditis/pericardial effusion (PC/PEEF) is a rare but fatal complication of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C). We report an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient who developed massive pericardial effusion after a second Ara-C exposure. As Ara-C was most beneficial in controlling the leukemia, she was...

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Autores principales: Owattanapanich, Weerapat, Ruchutrakool, Theera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29607226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4726451

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29607226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4726451

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