Fatal herpetic encephalitis during brain radiotherapy in a cerebral metastasized breast cancer patient

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Koudriavtseva, Tatiana ^a   Onesti, Emanuela ^a   Tonachella, Riccardo ^a   Pelagalli, Lorella ^a   Vidiri, Antonello ^a   Jandolo, Bruno ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex; Leptomeningeal metastases; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANASTROZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETIRACETAM; FLUOROURACIL; FULVESTRANT; IMIPENEM; LETROZOLE; MEGESTROL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN; TEICOPLANIN; TOREMIFENE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MASTECTOMY; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 79952194763     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0134-8     Document Type: Article

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