Repeated arterial thrombosis as a complication of carboplatin-based chemotherapy

Vascular. 2006 Jan-Feb;14(1):51-4. doi: 10.2310/6670.2006.00007.

Abstract

We describe a case of a 57-year-old woman with repeated acute arterial thrombosis of the femoral arteries following intravenous carboplatin-based combination chemotherapy for metastatic ovarian carcinoma. By extensive workup, no other known causes of arterial thrombosis were found. To our knowledge, this is the first case describing arterial thrombosis occurring as a complication of carboplatin therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Carboplatin / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Thrombosis / chemically induced*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Carboplatin