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

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 …

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

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 …

Vasculitis can be a systemic manifestation of hypersensitivity to many drugs, among them
anticonvulsants. The clinical manifestations include rash and renal, hepatic, and pulmonary …

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