Acute Pericarditis Occurring Three Days after Intravesical Instillation of Mitomycin C after Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection in a 64-Year-Old Woman

We present a 64-year-old woman who developed symptoms of acute pericarditis three days after undergoing intravesical instillation of mitomycin C following transurethral bladder tumor resection. Mitomycin C is a chemotherapeutic agent which acts by alkylation of DNA and is known to be cardiotoxic whe...

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Main Authors: Vineet Meghrajani, Arsalan Hashmi, Shuo Cheng Lin, Zvi Plawes, Shelly Brejt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9130852

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