Simultaneous isolated bilateral facial palsy: A rare vincristine-associated toxicity

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 355-358

  Sarkar, Supriya ^a,b   Deb, Asit ^a   Saha, Kaushik ^a   Das, Chandra ^a  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Uttarayan Apartment   (India)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Toxicity; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SIMULTANEOUS ISOLATED BILATERAL FACIAL PALSY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREDNISOLONE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 70349950577     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.55887     Document Type: Article

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