An unusual complication of chemotherapy: herpes simplex meningoencephalitis and bilateral acute retinal necrosis

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2004 Feb;16(1):81-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2003.09.005.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / chemically induced*
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Functional Laterality
  • Herpesvirus 2, Human / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pineal Gland / pathology*
  • Pinealoma / drug therapy*
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Bleomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin

Supplementary concepts

  • BEP protocol