A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome secondary to chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting

Afzal FS, Ramakrishna KA, Saikumar B, Sambasivaiah K

Pdf Page Numbers :- 110-111

 Afzal FS¹, Ramakrishna KA², Saikumar B¹ and Sambasivaiah K^1,*

¹Department of Medical Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

²Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. K. Sambasivaiah, MD (Internal Medicine- AIIMS), DM (Medical Oncology), Consultant Medical Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Email: sambasvims@gmail.com

Received 10 April 2016; Revised 5 June 2015; Accepted 15 June 2015; Published 24 June 2016

Citation: Afzal SF, Ramakrishna KA, Saikumar B, Sambasivaiah K. A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome secondary to chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. J Med Sci Res. 2016; 4(3):110-111. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-026

Copyright: © 2016 Afzal SF, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

PDF

Abstract

 Mallory-Weiss syndrome is a rare complication of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. We report one such case of hematemesis in a patient with chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), secondary to Mallory-Weiss syndrome.

Keywords: Mallory-Weiss syndrome; chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)