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Cardiac perforation associated with continuous infusional chemotherapy.

Cooper, Rachel A
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James, Roger D
; 
Taylor, K J
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Abstract
The case history is reported of a 51-year-old man with metastatic colonic carcinoma who was receiving a continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion via a central venous catheter and who developed cardiac perforation and pericardial effusion. This complication has not previously been reported in association with continuous chemotherapy infusion.
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Cooper, Rachel A
James, Roger D
Taylor, K J
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Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.
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Date
1996
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Keywords
Colonic Cancer
Liver Cancer
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Cardiac perforation associated with continuous infusional chemotherapy. 1996, 8 (6):404-5 Clin Oncol
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http://hdl.handle.net/10541/96014
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