Georgios Benetos, Angeliki Vakka, Vasiliki Kalogera, Eirini Solomou, Lefki Nikolopoulou, Vasiliki Katsi, Maria Drakopoulou, Constantinos Tsioufis, Konstantinos Toutouzas
Vascular toxicity caused by cancer treatment can present as vasospasm, arterial thrombosis, and accelerated atherosclerosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma under cabozantinib treatment for 3 years who presented to the hospital with relapsing episodes of rest angina. Due to the presence of ST depression in the 12-lead electrocardiogram and elevated troponin, a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction was suspected. The patient underwent invasive coronary angiography, which revealed extended coronary artery spasm, and it subsided totally after nitrate administration...
January 2024: Radiology Case Reports