Reversible Splenial Lesion Syndrome (RESLES) After Chemotherapy of Oral Tegafur-uracil in a Female With Locally Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Cogn Behav Neurol. 2020 Dec;33(4):283-287. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000250.

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman with reversible splenial lesion syndrome (RESLES) and rectal adenocarcinoma presented with sudden-onset delirium after the sixth cycle of her chemotherapy drug, oral tegafur-uracil (300 mg/m/day, days 1-14, with treatment cycle repeated every 21 days). Accompanied by the anti-CV2 antibody, paraphasia, and a loss of bimanual coordination, the patient's etiology and clinical manifestations of RESLES are unlike those of other reported cases of RESLES. Tegafur-uracil is an oral fluoropyrimidine that has a similar effect to 5-fluorouracil as an adjuvant treatment for colorectal cancer. The possibility that the toxicity of chemotherapeutic drugs may play a role in the pathogenesis of cytotoxic edema in the splenium of the corpus callosum and extracallosal white matter should be investigated further.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adult
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
  • Brain Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rectal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Tegafur / adverse effects*
  • Tegafur / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Tegafur