Ifosfamide encephalopathy and use of methylene blue. A case report of different sequential neurotoxicity

Tumori. 2009 Jul-Aug;95(4):545-6. doi: 10.1177/030089160909500426.

Abstract

Neurotoxicity is a clinically relevant adverse event observed with the use of ifosfamide. It is usually mild, occasionally severe and seldom fatal. Ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy requires interruption of chemotherapy, intravenous hydration and administration of methylene blue. Less is known about the efficacy of methylene blue in avoiding a second episode of ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy while maintaining chemotherapy with ifosfamide. We report a case of a different clinical manifestation of ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy after continued ifosfamide use and despite methylene blue in a patient with retroperitoneal sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ifosfamide / adverse effects*
  • Methylene Blue / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / drug therapy*
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes / etiology
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma / physiopathology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Methylene Blue
  • Ifosfamide