Local toxicity of antracycline extravasation

Local toxicity of antracycline extravasation.

To cite: Revannasiddaiah S, Pandey KC, Pant NK, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-009711 DESCRIPTION A woman diagnosed with breast cancer was previously treated with surgery and chemotherapy before being referred to us for radiotherapy. During planning radiotherapy, an incidental observation was made of a conspicuous discolouration over ...

Subcutaneous Extravasation of Sr-89: Usefulness of Bremsstrahlung Imaging in Confirming Sr-89 Extravasation and in the Decision Making for the Choice of Treatment Strategies for Local Radiation Injuries Caused by Sr-89 Extravasation

A male patient in his 20s presented at our clinic with pain caused by bone metastases of the primitive neuroectodermal tumor, and Sr-89 was administrated to palliate the pain. After receiving the injection, the patient complained of a slight burning pain at the catheterized area. Slight reddening and small circular swelling (diameter, 0.5 cm) were observed at the catheterized area. Sr-89 extrav...

Toxicity of local anesthetics

Systemic neurotoxicity due to excessive cerebral local anesthetic blood levels is one of the most severe and most frequent adverse outcome of local anesthetic use. Toxic levels are most often produced by unintentional intravenous or intraarterial injection(1,2). Toxicity can also result from the rapid absorption of drug following perineural injection. Peak blood levels are usually obtained acco...

Local anesthesia toxicity review.

Local Anesthetics Systemic Toxicity.

Lidocaine Hydrochloride is an amide ester, which is widely used local anesthetic agent that is well tolerated but what is less known is the occurrence of systemic toxicity which manifests in the central nervous and cardiovascular systems. We report here 3 cases of Lidocaine associated Seizures.