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Seizure activity during cetuximab infusion in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer.

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OBJECTIVE The case of a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer who had a seizure during his intial cetuximab infusion is reported. CONCLUSIONS A 54-year-old Asian man received his first infusion of cetuximab after pretreatment with ondansetron, ranitidine, diphenhydramine, and dexamethasone.

Refractory generalized seizures as a possible side effect of bevacizumab in a colon cancer patient.

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Bevacizumab, which is a humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor, is used to treat metastatic cancers of the colon. Adverse effects common with bevacizumab treatment are hypertension, arterial-venous thrombosis, bleeding, gastrointestinal perforation, and proteinuria.

Acute liver failure and seizures as a consequence of regorafenib exposure in advanced rectal cancer.

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BACKGROUND Regorafenib is a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for use in refractory colorectal cancer. We report the first case of seizures secondary to acute liver failure, shortly after initiation of regorafenib in a patient with advanced rectal carcinoma. METHODS A 64 year-old

[Two cases of hyperammonemic patients treated by chemotherapy for colorectal cancer].

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We report two patients having hyperammonemic encephalopathy while being treated with chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. The first patient was a 69-year-old man with sigmoid colon cancer, having a massive invasion to the urinary bladder. He received SOX therapy following a pelvic exenteration

Association of hyperplastic polyposis syndrome, colorectal cancer and meningioma.

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Recent research has provided compelling evidence that a subset of hyperplastic polyps may be associated with a risk of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer with extracolonic manifestation is usually seen in a hereditary syndrome setting, but some association with meningioma has been reported. The

Fatal posterior revesible leukoencephalopathy syndrome associated coma induced by bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer and review of literature.

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Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a syndrome characterized by headache, hypertension, confusion, visual disturbance, and seizures accompanied by subcortical vasogenic edema, predominantly involving the parietal and occipital lobes. The syndrome is usually described in

[Bevacizumab-induced reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer].

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We report a rare case of a 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer whose bevacizumab (B-mab) +m-FOLFOX6 treatment was complicated by reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS). In July 2011, she underwent a right hemicolectomy for cecal carcinoma with peritoneal

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after bevacizumab therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.

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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is an increasingly recognizable neuro-clinical syndrome. Clinical and neurological manifestations of PRES include hypertension, headache, encephalopathy, seizures, and symmetrical white matter changes on brain MRI. Most common precipitants of PRES

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome induced by bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in colorectal cancer.

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Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is a rare brain-capillary leak syndrome, characterized by clinical symptoms of headache, visual loss, seizures and altered mental functioning. This syndrome is usually reversible and is associated with hypertension, nephropathy, and use of

SEZ6L2 knockdown impairs tumour growth by promoting caspase-dependent apoptosis in colorectal cancer.

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Seizure-related 6 homolog (mouse)-like 2 (SEZ6L2) was shown to be involved in transcription of a type 1 transmembrane protein for regulating cell fate. Until now, the expression and function of SEZ6L2 in various cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC), were unclear. In the present study, we

Deleted in colorectal cancer (netrin-1 receptor) antibodies and limbic encephalitis in a cat with hippocampal necrosis.

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A 7-year-old neutered female domestic shorthaired cat born in Poland and then moved to Japan presented to the local clinic with recent onset of convulsive cluster seizures and status epilepticus. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral swelling of the hippocampus with T2 hyperintensity and

[A Case with Solitary Brain Metastatic Tumor from Colon Cancer].

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We report a rare long-surviving case of solitary brain metastasis from colon cancer. The patient was a 64-year-old female. She had undergone laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for ascending colon cancer in October 2012(pStage III b). She was discharged from the hospitalin a satisfactory state, but 26

Case of inappropriate ADH syndrome: hyponatremia due to polyethylene glycol bowel preparation.

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Colonoscopic screening has been reported to reduce deaths from colorectal cancer. Adequate bowel preparation is essential for this and safety is an important issue in choosing the methods. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is regarded as a safe method for cleansing, especially compared with oral sodium

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Presenting as Status Epilepticus: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is one of many causes of status epilepticus (SE). Itis defined classically as a clinical radiographic entity, characterized by presentation of headache, altered mental status, visual disturbances, seizures, and typical neuroradiographic findings of

Phase II study of fluorouracil and recombinant interferon alfa-2a in previously untreated advanced colorectal carcinoma.

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We conducted a phase II clinical trial of fluorouracil (5FU) and recombinant interferon alfa-2a (rIFN alpha-2a) in 52 previously untreated patients with bidimensionally measurable metastatic colorectal cancer. During week 1, 5FU was administered as a continuous intravenous infusion, 750 mg/m2/d for

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