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Pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage and high cerebral blood flow velocities with bevacizumab therapy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20864839     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We describe the case of a 55-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer, treated with bevacizumab, who developed sudden occipital pain, with nausea, vomiting, mild confusion, and signs of meningeal irritation. Imaging studies (computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging) revealed a pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage without an underlying vascular malformation; transcranial Doppler carried out 24 hours after the clinical onset showed increased blood flow velocities, mainly in the right middle cerebral artery. The neurological and hemodynamic alterations resolved with medical treatment within 10 days. Bevacizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that inhibits the vascular endothelial growth factor. The potential role of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment on the subarachnoid hemorrhage and increased cerebral blood flow velocities is discussed.
Authors:
José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo; Marlene Alonso-Juárez; Irving Salas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical neuropharmacology     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1537-162X     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Neuropharmacol     Publication Date:    2010 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-24     Completed Date:  2011-01-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7607910     Medline TA:  Clin Neuropharmacol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  268-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP). Fédération de Neurologie, and Urgences Cerebrovasculaires, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. baicarjf@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiogenesis Inhibitors / adverse effects*
Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects*
Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Arteries / drug effects*,  radiography
Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology*,  physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Angiogenesis Inhibitors; 0/Antibodies, Monoclonal; 0/bevacizumab

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