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Acute transient encephalopathy after weekly paclitaxel infusion

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dc.creator Muallaoglu, Sadik
dc.creator Kocer, Murat
dc.creator Guler, Nilufer
dc.date 2012-05-31T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T10:51:23Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T10:51:23Z
dc.identifier a5d67950-ddda-4ee5-99e2-8baf553773fe
dc.identifier 10.1007/s12032-011-9956-2
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/a5d67950-ddda-4ee5-99e2-8baf553773fe/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/68401
dc.description Paclitaxel is highly active against a variety of solid tumors including breast lung, ovarian and head and neck cancer. Although peripheral neurotoxicity is well-known side effect, central nervous system (CNS) toxicity-related standard dose of paclitaxel is extremely uncommon, because paclitaxel dose not cross the blood-brain barrier and is not detectable in the cerebrospinal fluid. We present a patient with advanced stage breast carcinoma who developed acute and spontaneous resolving encephalopathy after weekly dose of paclitaxel. The patient did not have brain metastasis, or prior whole-brain irradiation, or any type of neurosurgery. Radiological imaging studies showed no abnormalities. CNS toxicity of paclitaxel should be kept in mind in patients without a previous history of brain metastasis or brain irradiation and even with low weekly doses.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Acute transient encephalopathy after weekly paclitaxel infusion
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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