A 46-year-old man with adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon developed a hypersensitivity reaction after the sixth cycle of combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin infusion. Hypersensitivity to oxaliplatin occurring, after several courses of therapy, in about 10-15\% of patients, especially during or immediately after the oxaliplatin infusion. In this case report we present a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, consisting in dysesthesia and laryngeal spasm developed 10 h after the sixth administration of oxaliplatin.
Severe respiratory symptoms to oxaliplatin infusion: a case report of delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
FILIPPELLI, Amelia;
2010-01-01
Abstract
A 46-year-old man with adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon developed a hypersensitivity reaction after the sixth cycle of combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin infusion. Hypersensitivity to oxaliplatin occurring, after several courses of therapy, in about 10-15\% of patients, especially during or immediately after the oxaliplatin infusion. In this case report we present a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, consisting in dysesthesia and laryngeal spasm developed 10 h after the sixth administration of oxaliplatin.File in questo prodotto:
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