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Background: Cesium chloride (CsCl) is sold as a treatment for several types of cancers. The purported mechanism of action is alkalinization of relatively acidic neoplastic cells. The efficacy of CsCl has not been demonstrated in controlled experiments. Oral and intravenous CsCl use has been associated with seizures, cardiotoxicity, syncope, and death. Although intratumoral treatment with various antineoplastic agents is described, no cases of intratumoral cancer treatment with CsCl have been found in the medical literature. The case described here appears to be of the first reported patient with CsCl toxicity secondary to subcutaneous exposure after attempted intratumoral injection. Case Details: A 61-year-old woman presented in cardiac arrest 20 hours after injecting 9 mL of an oral CsCl preparation around a mass in her breast. She had been taking the CsCl orally for approximately 1 year to treat her breast mass. The patient had a headache and nausea for several hours after injection and then experienced ventricular tachycardia arrest at home. She received advanced cardiac life support care and multiple antiarrhythmic medications and underwent electrical cardioversion early in the

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Author

Daniel Sessions; Kennon Heard; Michael Kosnett

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Published

2013

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)