Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Loum B

Publications

• Case Report
  Accident Vasculaire Cerebral Ischemique Post-Chimiotherapie Pour Cancer De La Langue Ischemic Stroke Induced by Chemotherapy for Tongue Cancer
  Author(s): Loum B, Lame CA, Mboup C, Thierno B Diallo, Cheikhna Ba Ndiaye and Malick NdiayeLoum B, Lame CA, Mboup C, Thierno B Diallo, Cheikhna Ba Ndiaye and Malick Ndiaye
  
  Introduction: Cancer chemotherapy is a provider of a wide spectrum of neurological complications. Such complication ischemic strokes are an unusual event with an incidence of 0.14%. Objective: Report and comment on the observation of a patient who presented an ischemic stroke in the aftermath of chemotherapy for tongue cancer. Observation: 47 years old patient without cardiovascular risk factor is followed for tongue cancer. She presented the waning of chemotherapy ischemic stroke confirmed by brain scan. Heart explorations are normal, and the etiologic biological assessment. Discussion: The diagnosis of stroke after chemotherapy has been retained in our patient on the basis of the absence of vascular risk factor and negativity of etiological assessment, and the use of cisplatine and .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000944

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