Severe respiratory symptoms to oxaliplatin infusion: a case report of delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
Invest New Drugs
; 28(2): 185-6, 2010 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
A 46-year-old man with adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon developed a hypersensitivity reaction after the sixth cycle of combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin infusion. Hypersensitivity to oxaliplatin occurring, after several courses of therapy, in about 10-15% of patients, especially during or immediately after the oxaliplatin infusion. In this case report we present a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, consisting in dysesthesia and laryngeal spasm developed 10 h after the sixth administration of oxaliplatin.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Compostos Organoplatínicos
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Doenças Respiratórias
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Hipersensibilidade Tardia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article