lidocaine/sarcoma

BACKGROUND Intralesional vinblastine has been used to treat Kaposi's sarcoma associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS-KS). Injections are painful and anticipated response rates are not well documented. OBJECTIVE Eleven homosexual men were studied to evaluate the efficacy and pain

Analgesic agents were administered perioperatively to an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel undergoing amputation of its right thoracic limb. The amputation was carried out due to a painful, infiltrative and poorly differentiated sarcoma involving the nerves of the brachial plexus. A combination of

Authors report an unusual suicide undertaken by a medical person who after applying the local anesthetic lidocaine, opened a leg vein with a scalpel. The cause of the suicide was presumed advanced AIDS symptoms with a progressive Kaposi sarcoma and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. For the toxicological