Sudden onset of thrombocytopenia after the treatment with chemotherapeutic agent(s) in a patient with lymphangitis carcinomatosa.

Abstract

Cisplatin (CDDP 100 mg/m2, div), adriamycin (ADR 20 mg/body, iv) and futrafur-uracil conjugate (UFT 200 mg/day, po) were administered on the same day to a 51-year-old housewife with lymphangitis carcinomatosa of the lung. During the CDDP infusion, the patient unexpectedly became highly febrile. On the following day, the patient developed purpura on the upper and lower extremities, and her platelet count was 3.2 x 10(4)/mm3 in spite of being 32.4 x 10(4)/mm3 on the day before chemotherapy. The platelet count recovered to 9.4 x 10(4)/mm3 on day 3, and increased to a maximum of 56.1 x 10(4)/mm3 on day 20. Previously, we had treated several patients with adenocarcinoma by the same protocol, but never experienced such a case that developed a sudden fall in their platelet count. Although the true mechanisms remain to be solved, this case is very interesting from a standpoint of drug-induced thrombocytopenia.

• Authors: Y Mizushima, S Morinaga, T Morikage, S Yano
• Journal: Japanese journal of medicine (Jpn J Med) 1989 Nov-Dec Vol. 28 Issue 6 Pg. 777-82 ISSN: 0021-5120 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 2517444 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Tegafur
• Uracil
• Doxorubicin
• Cisplatin

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (drug therapy, secondary)
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Cisplatin (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Doxorubicin (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Female
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (drug therapy, secondary)
• Lymphangitis (drug therapy)
• Middle Aged
• Tegafur (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Thrombocytopenia (chemically induced)
• Uracil (administration & dosage, adverse effects)