consciousness disorders/neoplasms

We report a case of consciousness disorder following the fourth course of chemotherapy with cisplatin (CDDP) and 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) in a patient with esophageal cancer. A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital to receive chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. Six days after chemotherapy, the

We herein report a case of a consciousness disorder that was induced by the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion following cisplatin (CDDP) and 5 -fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy in a patient with tongue cancer. A 72- year-old woman complained of tongue pain and was admitted to

Although there are three kinds of stupor in psychiatry, dissociative stupor is the most commonly recognized. In psychiatric clinics or emergency rooms, dissociative stupor is common, but in an oncology setting it is hardly known. Therefore, distinguishing dissociative stupor from consciousness

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) may represent the clinical onset of malignancies or complicate their course, also in phase of quiescence. In literature, there are several case reports on the association between CVT and tumors, but there are few articles on its clinical characteristics in cancer

Background. Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a clinical syndrome caused by acute ischemic infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. The typical clinical presentation of PA includes acute onset of severe headache, visual disturbance, cranial nerve palsy, and altered level of consciousness. Case

Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy is widely used to treat advanced cancer. Oxaliplatin-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy is rarely reported. Here, we report a case of oxaliplatin-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy occurring after gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin (GEMOX) chemotherapy in a patient

An 11-year-old female case of suprasellar tumour was reported. She presented consciousness disorder without precocious puberty. Microscopically, two cell pattern pinealoma and choriocarcinoma with no metastasis were revealed. By means of enzyme-labelled antibody technique, the authors proved HCG in

We report a primary central nervous system (CNS) perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) in a middle-aged female patient. The tumor occurred in suprasellar location with secondary extension into the sella turcica. The patient presented with intracranial hemorrhage and an altered level of

The prediagnosis period of 74 children with primary brain tumours was assessed to examine their presentation and reasons for any delay in diagnosis. Medical case notes were reviewed and parents were interviewed and asked to complete psychological questionnaires. Mean (SD) duration of clinical

A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with hereditary spherocytosis 30 years ago and underwent splenectomy. She presented to the hospital with lower abdominal pain and was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer(cT3N3M1[LYM], H1, Stage Ⅳ)for which sigmoidectomy was performed. On the 7th postoperative day, a

To evaluate the imaging methods used at the emergency department (ED) of a cancer center, with emphasis on computed tomography (CT). A descriptive, retrospective, single-center study was conducted by reviewing imaging exams and medical records, after approval of the institution's Ethics Review

A 57-year-old man with advanced gastric cancer and multiple liver metastases was referred to our hospital. He underwent a palliative gastrectomy to treat hemorrhage, and S-1 and cisplatin therapy was administered. After 7 courses of chemotherapy, a new liver metastatic lesion and a tumor thrombus in

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have markedly changed lung cancer treatment and improved overall survival. However, immune checkpoint inhibitors may be associated with various adverse events, including encephalitis, although this complication is rare. We herein describe the clinical characteristics of