A Fatal Complication of Brain Tumor Treatment

A patient with glioblastoma multiforme develops a life-threatening bowel perforation. Which common medication used to manage this Brain Tumor led to this fatal GI event?

Dexamethasone


Which of these medications, used to treat this patient’s glioblastoma multiforme, is most likely to have contributed to this complication?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Acetazolamide
Dexamethasone
Levetiracetam
Temozolomide
Topotecan

Bowel Perforation, Corticosteroids, Dexamethasone, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Pneumoperitoneum

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