Regression of liver metastases after treatment with oxaliplatin/capecitabine and development of a progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with advanced thymoma

J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr 20;31(12):e203-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.8150. Epub 2013 Mar 18.

Authors

Annkristin Heine¹, Alexandra Schmiedel, Thomas Menschik, Stefanie Andrea Erika Held, Christoph Erdmann, Peter Brossart

Affiliation

¹ University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 23509314
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.8150

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
Capecitabine
Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
Humans
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy*
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Liver Neoplasms / secondary
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage
Oxaliplatin
Remission Induction
Thymoma / drug therapy*
Thymoma / pathology
Thymus Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Organoplatinum Compounds
Oxaliplatin
Deoxycytidine
Capecitabine
Fluorouracil