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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Main Author: Tal Grenader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.135
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-a4dd4e81fe354a54965498d4a6fc79f42025-08-20T02:23:05ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2008-01-01895395510.1100/tsw.2008.135Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile NeutropeniaTal Grenader0Department of Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, IsraelPatients 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.135
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Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
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title Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
title_full Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
title_fullStr Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
title_full_unstemmed Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
title_short Testicular Abscess an Unusual Cause for Febrile Neutropenia
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