High-dose 5-fluorouracil infusional therapy is associated with hyperammonaemia, lactic acidosis and encephalopathy

Br J Cancer. 1997;75(3):464-5. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.79.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis / chemically induced*
  • Ammonia / blood*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Brain Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Coma
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Lactates / blood
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Seizures

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Lactates
  • Ammonia
  • Fluorouracil