Dystonia in a patient with melanoma metastatic to the brain treated with high-dose interleukin-2, radiation therapy, and levetiracetam

Varun Sreenivasan; Arkadiusz Z. Dudek

doi:10.1159/000346932

Dystonia in a patient with melanoma metastatic to the brain treated with high-dose interleukin-2, radiation therapy, and levetiracetam

Varun Sreenivasan, Arkadiusz Z. Dudek

Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, Transplant

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Abstract

Dystonia has been described as a potential toxicity of radiation therapy. Management of this rare movement disorder is targeted in symptom improvement. We report a case of a 46-year-old female patient who developed dystonia during treatment of melanoma metastatic to the brain and discuss potential causes of and therapies for this rare complication.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	78-83
Number of pages	6
Journal	Case Reports in Oncology
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000346932
State	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Brain metastasis
Dystonia
Gamma Knife therapy
High-dose interleukin-2
Levetiracetam
Melanoma

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Dystonia in a patient with melanoma metastatic to the brain treated with high-dose interleukin-2, radiation therapy, and levetiracetam

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