Fatal thrombotic microangiopathy after a single dose of gemcitabine as fourth-line palliative treatment for metastasized ductal breast carcinoma

MeSH terms

• Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
• Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
• Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
• Breast Neoplasms / pathology
• Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / drug therapy*
• Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology
• Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
• Deoxycytidine / adverse effects
• Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Gemcitabine
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasm Metastasis
• Palliative Care / methods
• Salvage Therapy
• Thrombotic Microangiopathies / chemically induced*
• Thrombotic Microangiopathies / diagnosis