Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Arterial complication during Thalidomide administration for MM.

Author	N	Localization	Cytotoxic/corticosteroid therapy	TEE* prophylaxis
Bowcock 2002 [6]	2	Cerebral	None	none
Scarpace 2005 [7]	4	Tibial-Cerebral	Cytotoxic and corticosteroid VAD°protocol	none
Ortin 2006 [8]	1	Cerebral	Cytotoxic and corticosteroid	none
Goz 2007 [9]	2	Ilio-femoral-popliteal	VAD°protocol	none
Altinas 2007 [10]	2	Femoral-Tibial	VAD°protocol and corticosteroid	none

*TEE (thrombo-embolic events). °VAD protocol (vincristine, adriamycine, dexamethasone)