[A case of recurrent malignant glioma treated by superselective intraarterial chemotherapy with a combination of etoposide and cisplatin]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1992 Feb;19(2):237-40.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Superselective intraarterial infusion of etoposide and cisplatin was performed in a patient with recurrent malignant glioma located in the left midbrain extending to thalamus which had progressed after two courses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy with various anticancer agents. Infusion of etoposide (80 mg/m2) and cisplatin (80 mg/m2) at the basilar top did not result in any neurological deficits when infused for 60 minutes with intermittent infusion of papaverine and nicardipine. CT scan carried out 6 days after chemotherapy demonstrated disappearance of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Glioma / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin