Ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy in a patient with metastatic fibrosarcoma

• Authors: Łukasz Galus
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ifosfamide is a cytostatic drug commonly used in chemotherapy. One of the common adverse effects resulting from the treatment with ifosfamide is encephalopathy. This paper describes a case study of a 64-year-old patient who suffered from a full-blown encephalopathy as a result of chemotherapy administered during the treatment of fibrosarcoma of the femur. It provides a hypothesis of the mechanism behind toxic effects of ifosfamide on the central nervous system and elaborates on a number of documented ways of preventing aforementioned complications.

Keywords

EN

encephalopathy; fibrosarcoma; ifosfamide; methylene blue; thiamine

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Medical Education
• Journal: OncoReview
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: A179-183

Contributors

author

Łukasz Galus

• Chemotherapy Ward, Greater Poland Cancer Centre in Poznań, Poland

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