Chemotherapy Induced Acute Pericarditis in a Child.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
; 25 Suppl 2: S81-3, 2015 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-26522211
ABSTRACT
A9 years boy diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma was started on chemotherapy protocol including 5-fluorouracil. After 90 hours of 5-fluorouracil infusion, he developed severe retrosternal chest pain. Electrocardiography showed signs of acute pericarditis and was managed with ibuprofen and 5-fluorouracil was discontinued. The 5-fluorouracil rarely causes cardiac complications such as angina pectoris and pericarditis in adult patients. We report acute myopericarditis in a child caused by 5-fluorouracil, which is a very rare complication of 5-fluorouracil in pediatric age group.
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Pericardite
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Dor no Peito
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica
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Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas
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Fluoruracila
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article