AVASCULAR NECROSIS FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY AND DEXAMETHASONETREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH ADVANCED OVARIAN-CANCER - CASE-REPORT ANDREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
GOGAS H FENNELLY D
Citation
H. Gogas et D. Fennelly, AVASCULAR NECROSIS FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY AND DEXAMETHASONETREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH ADVANCED OVARIAN-CANCER - CASE-REPORT ANDREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Gynecologic oncology, 63(3), 1996, pp. 379-381
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecologic oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00908258
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
379 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-8258(1996)63:3<379:ANFECA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Avascular necrosis has long been recognized as a complication of gluco rticoid therapy. With the recent recognition of paclitaxel's activity in advanced ovarian cancer, increasing attention has been focused on t he concomitant use of corticosteroid premedication and its associated morbidities. This report describes avascular necrosis occurring in a p atient receiving chemotherapy with corticosteroid medication for advan ced recurrent ovarian cancer. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.