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Ifosfamide neurotoxicity: an atypical presentation with psychiatric manifestations.

Kerdudo C, Orbach D, Sarradet JL, Doz F

Département de Pédiatrie, Institut Curie, Paris, France.

Ifosfamide can be responsible for acute central neurotoxicity in children and adolescents treated for cancer. The signs of acute encephalopathy most frequently observed are: alteration of consciousness, cerebellar syndrome, asthenia, urinary incontinence, cranial nerve palsy, and seizures. Various combinations of these signs may occur, but disorders of consciousness and drowsiness are common. We describe the case of a young man presenting with reversible acute hypomanic disorder during ifosfamide-based chemotherapy and discuss the possible mechanisms of this toxicity.

Published 8 May 2006 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 47(1): 100-2.
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