Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports (Jun 2015)

Unusually Located Stroke After Chemotherapy in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

  • Braulio Alexander Martinez MD,
  • Edgar Patricio Correa MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709615590198
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Testicular cancer is a type of malignancy that affects young adults and has high rates of cure; however, as any malignancy, it is associated with an increased risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease, given the systemic tumor effects or side effects of chemotherapy, which in turn increases morbidity, functional impairment, and additional risk of early death.