PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Maire Therese Lonergan AU - Feargal Kellehar AU - Raymond McDermott AU - Ronan Collins TI - Ischaemic stroke in a patient on sunitinib AID - 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1420 DP - 2010 Jan 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - bcr0120091420 VI - 2010 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.01.2009.1420.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.01.2009.1420.full AB - Concerns have been raised about possible theoretical risk of thrombosis and bleeding with sunitinib (anti-vascular endothelial cell growth factor agent) therapy used for treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We present the first case of stroke in an older man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, on sunitinib therapy.