Broca's aphasia due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer: A case report and review of literature

Cancer is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular incidents and treatment with chemotherapy enhances that risk further. Brocha's aphasia is a stroke-related syndrome, the presentation of which has been rarely reported during cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The current study presents...

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Published in:Oncology letters 2015-02, Vol.9 (2), p.937-939
Main Authors: TUNCEL, TOLGA, OZGUN, ALPASLAN, EMIRZEOĞLU, LEVENT, CELİK, SERKAN, DEMİR, SERKAN, BILGI, OGUZ, KARAGOZ, BULENT
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anticoagulants
Broca's aphasia
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Case reports
Case studies
Chemotherapy
cisplatin
Complications and side effects
Development and progression
Headaches
Health risk assessment
Lung cancer
Medical imaging
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Oncology
Patients
sinus venous thrombosis
Sinuses
Stroke
Thromboembolism
Thrombosis
Tumors
Venous thrombosis
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Summary:Cancer is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular incidents and treatment with chemotherapy enhances that risk further. Brocha's aphasia is a stroke-related syndrome, the presentation of which has been rarely reported during cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The current study presents the case of a 27-year-old male with advanced-stage small cell lung cancer. The patient developed Broca's aphasia following cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
ISSN:1792-1074
1792-1082
DOI:10.3892/ol.2014.2709