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Extravasation of Epirubicin chemotherapy from a port-a-cath causing extensive breast necrosis: Sequential imaging findings and management of a breast cancer patient

Extravasation of chemotherapy is rare with an estimated incidence of 0.01%-7% but can cause significant morbidity, delay in cancer treatment and potential mortality. We present a case of 55-year-old woman with a metastatic right axillary lymph node with no identifiable breast primary, commenced on c...

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Autores principales: Moyle, Penelope, Soh, Chien, Healy, Nuala, Malata, Charles, Forouhi, Parto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34552682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.08.046