CYTARABINE-INDUCED PERICARDITIS - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF THE CARDIOPULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF CYTARABINE THERAPY

被引:37
作者
REYKDAL, S [1 ]
SHAM, R [1 ]
KOUIDES, P [1 ]
机构
[1] ROCHESTER GEN HOSP,DEPT MED,HEMATOL UNIT,ROCHESTER,NY 14621
关键词
CYTARABINE; PERICARDITIS; ARDS; CHEMOTHERAPY;
D O I
10.1016/0145-2126(94)00123-R
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R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Pericarditis is a rare complication of chemotherapy. This report describes a patient who developed symptoms, signs, and electrocardiographic evidence of pericarditis following treatment with high dose cytarabine. The patient had no clinical or echocardiographic evidence of infection or leukemic involvement of the pericardium. Isolated pericarditis associated with high dose cytarabine has been rarely reported. This therapy is frequently used and, therefore, it seems prudent to alert physicians to this potential complication of cytarabine. The cardiopulmonary complications of cytarabine are also reviewed.
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