Rare Diseases Symptoms Automatic Extraction

[Anasarca, a complication of chemotherapy with gemcitabine in two patients with pancreatic cancer].

[systemic capillary leak syndrome]

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fifth most common cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. The nucleoside analogue gemcitabine is the established standard therapy for advanced disease. Rare cases of gemcitabine-associated systemic capillary leak syndrome have been reported. Here, we present two cases of capillary-leak syndrome in patients with pancreatic cancer treated with gemcitabine.

Diseases presenting "cancer-related" symptom

  • cowden syndrome
  • cushing syndrome
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • neuralgic amyotrophy
  • primary effusion lymphoma
  • systemic capillary leak syndrome
  • thoracic outlet syndrome

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