Capecitabine and sixth cranial nerve palsy
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Capecitabine and sixth cranial nerve palsy.
Capecitabine is an oral chemotherapeutic agent converted to 5 fluorouracil (5-FU). Neurotoxicity associated with the medication encompasses both central and peripheral nervous systems. We describe a 60 year old man with colonic carcinoma who developed diplopia due to a sixth nerve palsy following the use of capecitabine which is an orally administered prodrug of 5-FU. An MRI of brain did not re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0973-1482
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.63555