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Schmutz-Kober, Katrin; Kappeler, Liliane
Praxis (Bern. 1994), 2020, Letnik: 109, Številka: 16Journal Article
Really Just a Side Effect of Capecitabine? Case Report from the Oncological and Neurological Consultation A case of our oncology and neurology department is presented. A male patient developed sensory polyneuropathy and mild left-side hemiparesis while receiving neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with capecitabine as treatment for rectal cancer. Polyneuropathy as a side effect of capecitabine was thought to be the culprit. But upper motor neuron signs were highly supposed to be caused by an acute varicella zoster myelitis, a rare complication of varicella zoster infection possibly facilitated by immunosuppression due to chemotherapy.
