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Acute vascular episodes associated with therapy for carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract with bleomycin, vincristine, and cisplatin.

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Twenty-nine patients were treated for carcinoma of the head and neck with a combination of cisplatin, vincristine, and bleomycin. Four of these patients had acute vascular episodes (three had cerebrovascular accidents and one developed Raynaud's phenomenon) during or after treatment. Two additional

A dramatic response to rituximab in a patient with resistant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) who developed acute stroke.

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BACKGROUND Refractory condition can occur in 10-30% of all cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura despite increased frequency of total plasma exchange. Rituximab can affect the clinical outcome of the refractory cases. However, little is known about usefulness of rituximab on central nervous

Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma presenting as multiple stroke: A case report.

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BACKGROUND Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is an uncommon disease with a poor prognosis if not diagnosed early. It can present with central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. The diagnosis of IVCBCL is difficult to make given its varied clinical manifestations and the lack of a

Opticochiasmatic apoplexy in a five-year-old.

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A 5-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of nausea, vomiting and mental status changes. Imaging demonstrated hemorrhage from a suprasellar mass consistent with an optic nerve glioma. The patient was taken to surgery for an open biopsy and hematoma evacuation.

Sellar and parasellar intravascular lymphoma mimicking pituitary apoplexy.

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BACKGROUND Intravascular lymphoma (IVL) is a rare subtype of large-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, characterized by proliferation of lymphoma cells within the lumina of small vessels. There are no previously reported cases of IVL involving the pituitary gland presenting with neuro-ophthalmic

Primary central nervous system lymphoma mimicking pituitary apoplexy: case report.

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Lymphoma involving the pituitary gland is very rare and usually results from metastatic spread of systemic lymphoma. We present a case of primary central nervous system (CNS) large B cell lymphoma that manifested as pituitary apoplexy. A 45-year-old woman presented with headache, and then rapidly

The gene for slow Wallerian degeneration (Wld(s)) is also protective against vincristine neuropathy.

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Neurological diseases are frequently associated with axonal degeneration, which leads to dysfunction though separation of neurons from their targets. The mechanisms of axonal degeneration are largely unknown and in many cases are independent of those occurring within cell bodies in neurodegenerative

Arteriovenous Fistula Embolization in Suspected Parauterine Choriocarcinoma.

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This is a case of choriocarcinoma that did not regress after chemotherapy treatment. A 30-year-old female patient (gravida 2, para 2), presented to our ER with stroke and persistent mild pelvic pain 2 months after a Caesarean section. Computed tomography (CT) revealed an ischemic left hemicerebellar

Intravascular lymphomatosis of the brain in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome.

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BACKGROUND A 77-year-old retired research pharmacologist with a long-standing history of anemia and a recent pathologically confirmed diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome was referred to a stroke unit for evaluation of slowly progressive cognitive deterioration, confusion and paroxysmal stroke-like

[Cardiotoxic effect of cytostatics in patients with breast cancer].

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Clinical and instrumental (ECG, PCG, ultrasonic cardiography and polycardiography) examination of cardiac activity in 98 breast cancer patients treated at the Center after Cooper established the cardiotoxic effect of 5-fluorouracil, vincristine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids.

The use of a Berlin Heart EXCOR LVAD in a child receiving chemotherapy for Castleman's disease.

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We present the unique case of a pediatric patient who received chemotherapy for a diagnosis of CD, while mechanically supported with a Berlin EXCOR LVAD secondary to restrictive cardiomyopathy. A four-yr-old previously healthy male with restrictive cardiomyopathy required MCS after cardiac arrest

Treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in patients with refractoriness to or with contraindication for corticosteroids and/or splenectomy with immunosuppressive therapy and danazol.

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BACKGROUND The best treatment for patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who are refractory to or have contraindications for splenectomy and corticosteroid remains uncertain. We report here our experience with vinca alkaloids (VA), azathioprine (Azp) and danazol in 33 such patients

A cooperative study on ProMACE-CytaBOM in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

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Chemotherapy using cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, cytarabine, bleomycin, vincristine, methotrexate with leucovorin, and prednisone (ProMACE-CytaBOM) for patients with intermediate or high grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas (G, H and K according to the Working Formulation), was tested by the

Urokinase combination chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer. A phase II study.

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METHODS Fifty-one patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) were treated with alternating urokinase (UK)-cyclophosphamide-doxorubicin (Adriamycin, Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH)-vincristine and cisplatin-etoposide-vincristine. UK was given as a loading dose of 3000 micrograms/kg body weight,

Primary breast lymphoma in males-a report of two cases with a review of the literature.

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Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) in males is a rare clinical entity and has been reported in anecdotal case reports up until now. We report two cases of PBL from a tertiary care centre in Southern India. A 46-year-old male presented with a lump in the right breast with right axillary lymphadenopathy; a

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