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Weekly cisplatin therapy triggers massive saddle pulmonary embolism and collapse in a cancer patient.
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This case highlights the risk of severe thromboembolic events, such as a large saddle embolus, in patients undergoing active cancer therapy with cisplatin and radiation.
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Brown et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (n=1). Cisplatin and hypofractionated radiation was evaluated on Saddle embolus and collapse. A 67-year-old man with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue developed a large saddle embolus and collapsed after receiving his fourth weekly dose of cisplatin.
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