5-fluorouracil poisoning
Synonyms: 5-fluorouracil intoxication
A rare intoxication caused by the prolonged low-dose administration of 5-fluorouracil which is the mainstay of both adjuvant and advanced-disease chemotherapy regimens in colon cancer. 5-fluorouracil poisoning is characterized by gastrointestinal (nausea emesis diarrhea anorexia stomatitis) and hematologic (myelosuppression) toxicities as well as mucositis alopecia and occasionally palmar-plantar dysesthesia (more commonly known as hand-foot syndrome). Women have been reported to experience more 5-fluorouracil-related toxicity than men.
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