Open-access Ischemic stroke after chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin: case report

A 20-year-old man with a germ cell tumor who experienced an ischemic stroke as a complication of cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin based chemotherapy is reported. The previously reported cases are reviewed as well as the different physiopathologic mechanisms associated with vascular toxicity of this regimen.

cisplatin; etoposide; bleomycin; chemotherapy; toxicity; stroke


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