An acute cerebellar syndrome following high-dose chemotherapy and a blood cell autotransplant

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1997 Jul;20(1):87-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700836.

Abstract

A woman with high-risk stage III breast cancer developed acute cerebellar syndrome 75 days after high-dose chemotherapy and blood cell transplant (BCT). An extensive search for metastatic, vascular, metabolic, infectious, and paraneoplastic etiologies was negative. We postulate a delayed adverse effect of high-dose chemotherapy as the etiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Cerebellar Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebellar Diseases / physiopathology
  • Cerebellar Diseases / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Syndrome
  • Transplantation, Autologous