Sensory polyneuropathy associated with paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent.

J Neurol Sci

Department of Neurology, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805, United States.

Published: September 2009

Paclitaxel is a microtubule-stabilizing chemotherapeutic agent used in ovarian and breast cancer; its principal adverse effect is sensory neuropathy. We describe the occurrence of sensory polyneuropathy after multiple paclitaxel-eluting stents in a patient who may have sub-clinical Sjogrens syndrome.

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