Santos Adrialdo José, Malheiros Suzana Maria Fleury, Borges Lia Raquel Rodrigues, Dzik Carlos, Nalli Darcio G, Gabbai Alberto Alain
Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2003 Mar;61(1):129-33. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000100027. Epub 2003 Apr 16.
A 20-year-old man with a germ cell tumor who experienced an ischemic stroke as a complication of cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin based chemotherapy is reported. The previously reported cases are reviewed as well as the different physiopathologic mechanisms associated with vascular toxicity of this regimen.