Mechanisms of drug-induced cerebrovascular disease are outlined schematically, with
examples, in Fig 1. Antihypertensives and arrhythmogenic agents can cause focal …

Atreatment history is a fundamental part of the healthcare consultation. Current drugs
(prescribed, over the counter, herbal remedies, drugs of misuse) and how they are taken …

Stroke in the cancer patient is most often caused by disorders of coagulation that are
induced by the cancer, by cancer metastatic to the central nervous system, or by coagulation …

Cardiovascular drugs are used to treat arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arrhythmias,
heart failure, and coronary artery disease. They also include antiplatelet and anticoagulant …

Antineoplastic agents have been associated with cerebral hemorrhage, infarction and
cerebral venous thrombosis. Infarctions have been reported in association with L …

In 1979, a 29-ycar-old man presenting with headaches and diplo pia was found to have a
pineal germ cell tumor confirmed by a burr hole by biopsy. Using a 4 MG linear accelerator …

We have compared the frequency with which various drugs were used in patients with
cerebrovascular disease in five countries (UK, Italy, Indonesia, Spain and Yugoslavia) …

Neuroleptic drugs (antipsychotics) produce numerous side effects which include serious
extrapyramidal symptoms consisting of akathisia, dystonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome …

Neurologic dysfunction is a common side effect of many chemotherapy drugs. For several
agents neurotoxicity is common, severe, and can be dose limiting. As the list of newer …

About 15% of patients with cancer have cerebrovascular lesions, resulting from 4 kinds of
disorders sometimes intermingled in advanced disseminated cancer: coagulation disorders …