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Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, renal failure, and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema: a chemotherapy-induced syndrome.

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Following gastrectomy for locally advanced adenocarcinomas, three patients developed microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and renal failure shortly after completing courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with mitomycin and 5-FU. These complications progressed despite cessation of chemotherapy, and all three

A Case of Paraneoplastic Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema Syndrome Improved by Chemotherapy.

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The patient was a 69-year-old male who had started experiencing acute-onset pain in both shoulder joints and edema of both hands and feet. His symptoms progressively worsened within 1 month. Laboratory data indicated elevated CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate despite the normal range of

Subjective and objective assessment of edema during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer using taxane-containing regimens in a randomized controlled trial: The National Surgical Adjuvant Study of Breast Cancer 02.

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OBJECTIVE To elucidate the time course of taxane-induced edema which may affect the patients' quality of life (QOL). METHODS Our study included the first 300 Japanese patients assigned to 1 of 4 regimens using docetaxel (DTX) or paclitaxel (PTX) by 1:1:1:1 in a randomized controlled trial to

[Subcutaneous inflammatory edema induced by MINE chemotherapy].

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BACKGROUND The MINE regimen (mitoguazone, ifosfamide, vinorelbine and etoposide) is a salvage chemotherapy for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's disease. METHODS We report the cases of a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who had Hodgkin's disease and developed painful and massive subcutaneous

Effects of glucocorticoid and chemotherapy on the peritumoral edema and astrocytic reaction in experimental brain tumor.

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To study the effects of glucocorticoids and chemotherapeutic agents on the pathophysiology of the tumor-induced brain edema, the site of Evans blue-albumin extravasation, the distribution of extravasated serum albumin, and the extent of local astrocytic reaction were examined in a rat model of

Chemotherapy alleviates subacute recurrent glioma-associated refractory cerebral edema by downregulating vascular endothelial growth factor.

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To identify a novel treatment modality for postoperative, glioma-related refractory cerebral edema (RCE), eight patients with postoperative RCE received chemotherapy between January 2008 and July 2012 were enrolled. There were five males and three females aged between 24 and 65 years (mean 45.7

Fatal re-expansion pulmonary edema associated with increased lung IL-8 levels following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant.

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Re-expansion pulmonary edema (REPE) leading to hypoxic respiratory failure and death occurred following a unilateral low-volume (750 ml) thoracentesis in a young patient 8 days after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC/ASCT) for advanced-stage breast cancer. A higher

Histological features of skin and subcutaneous tissue in patients with breast cancer who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and their relationship to post-treatment edema.

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Lymphedema is a major complication of treatment for breast cancer. Although chemotherapy can cause lymphedema, there have been few reports about histological changes in skin and subcutaneous tissue after chemotherapy. The aim of our study was to determine whether chemotherapy affects

Bilateral cystoid macular edema following docetaxel chemotherapy in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report.

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BACKGROUND Docetaxel is a chemotherapeutic agent of the taxane class of drugs for the treatment of breast cancer. We present a female patient who noted decreased vision after docetaxel treatment. METHODS A 45-year-old female patient received docetaxel treatment after resection of a breast carcinoma.

Chemotherapy-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support.

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Several cancer therapeutic agents have been associated with pulmonary toxicity. Herein, we describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the liver, who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) while on treatment with gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with

A case of cystoid macular edema associated with Paclitaxel chemotherapy.

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We encountered a patient with cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to paclitaxel use. A 57-year-old man presented with gradual decreased bilateral vision. His chemotherapeutic regimen consisted of bevacizumab, paclitaxel (175 mg/m(2) for 5 months), and carboplatin. Optical coherence tomography

Severe Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Acute Pulmonary Edema Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Following Initiation of Chemotherapy for Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.

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We present an 8-year-old male with metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) who developed precipitous cardiopulmonary collapse with severe tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) 48 hr after initiation of chemotherapy. Despite no detectable pulmonary metastases, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure developed,

A syndrome of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, renal impairment, and pulmonary edema in chemotherapy-treated patients with adenocarcinoma.

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Chemotherapy is frequently used to treat adenocarcinoma. Thirty-nine cases are reviewed in which the patients developed a hemolytic-uremic-like syndrome, apparently in response to chemotherapy. About 44% of the patients had gastric adenocarcinoma, and 82% had received mitomycin C. Most patients

Multicomponent Compression Bandaging Combined with Diuretic Therapy of Anasarca Secondary to Palliative Chemotherapy: A Case Report.

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Background: Although decongestive physiotherapy combined with diuretics may be efficient in limb edemas, no such therapy has been described in the context of anasarca. Case Description: A bedbound 62-year-old man with stage IV pancreatic cancer, presenting with progressing severe

Physician assessed and patient reported lower limb edema after definitive radio(chemo)therapy and image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: A report from the EMBRACE study.

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To evaluate the pattern of manifestation and risk factors for lower limb edema (LLE) within the prospective, observational, multi-center EMBRACE study on radiochemotherapy and MRI-guided brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC). LLE was prospectively assessed according to the

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