ABSTRACT
The incidence of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-related cardiotoxicity seems to be dosage and schedule dependent. Although various other cardiac events have been reported in literature, a series of patients having transient asymptomatic bradycardia has not been reported in the literature as yet. We report such a series of patients who had transient asymptomatic bradycardia after being treated with continuous infusion 5-FU. We plan to do a Holter study during the period of bradycardia in subsequent patients and this may throw more light on the issue.
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Adult , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects , Bradycardia/chemically induced , Female , Fluorouracil/adverse effects , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/drug therapyABSTRACT
Papillary carcinoma arising in a thyroglossal cyst is rare. There is controversy regarding optimum management. We report a case managed by Sistrunk's procedure and external radiotherapy and review the literature on the subject.
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Adult , Carcinoma, Papillary/diagnosis , Cobalt/therapeutic use , Combined Modality Therapy , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Thyroglossal Cyst/diagnosisABSTRACT
We report a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the external auditory canal with multiple pulmonary, liver and renal secondaries. She had a palpable left renal mass. The clinical course and treatment of this unusual neoplasm as reported in literature are briefly reviewed.