1993•EndoscopyRequires access
Continuous 5-Fluorouracil Infusion Causing Acute Gastric Mucosal Lesions
Kazuto Suda, Toshihito Seki, Yoshiaki Kano, M Sasagawa
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Abstract
A 59-year-old woman with advanced gastric cancer was treated with continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion for thirty-five days. Endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract was performed due to continuing nausea seven days after the cessation of 5-fluorouracil infusion and revealed multiple erosions in the antrum which were absent before chemotherapy. Continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion was probably the cause of acute gastric mucosal lesions and should be included in the differential diagnosis of dyspepsia in 5-FU-treated patients.