Acute neurological toxicity of intrathecal cytosine arabinoside
Tóm tắt
A patient developed severe neurological toxicity, with peripheral and cerebral components and hyponatraemia following one intrathecal injection of 80 mg cytosine arabinoside. The severity of his symptoms may reflect heavy prior neurotoxic chemotherapy.
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