Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
Patients with good-risk disseminated testicular cancer are effectively managed with platinum-based chemotherapy. Febrile neutropenia is a dose-limiting event for many chemotherapy regimens. The risk of developing febrile neutropenia is related both to the chemotherapy dose and schedule, and to patie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2008-01-01
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| Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.135 |
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| Summary: | Patients with good-risk disseminated testicular cancer are effectively managed with platinum-based chemotherapy. Febrile neutropenia is a dose-limiting event for many chemotherapy regimens. The risk of developing febrile neutropenia is related both to the chemotherapy dose and schedule, and to patient-related factors. Among patients who require ongoing chemotherapy for metastatic disease, it is very unusual for surgical complications to delay the initiation of chemotherapy. We describe a patient who developed febrile neutropenia with testicular abscess when treated with BEP 2 weeks following inguinal orchiectomy. |
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| ISSN: | 1537-744X |