Capecitabine-related intracranial hypotension syndrome mimicking dural metastasis in a breast cancer patient: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-559

  Cosar Alas, Rusen ^a   Alas, Aykan ^b   Ozen, Alaattin ^a   Denizli, Bengu ^a   Saynak, Mert ^a   Uzunoglu, Sernaz ^a   Aydogdu, Nurettin ^a   Karagol, Hakan ^a   Uzal, Cem ^a   Kocak, Zafer ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Private Edirne Radiology Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capecitabine; mimicking dural metastasis; orthostatic headache; spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ELECTROLYTE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXEMESTANE; FLUOROURACIL; GADOLINIUM; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BED REST; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LACRIMATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PTOSIS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 79952395802     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.77070     Document Type: Article

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