Pneumonitis related to docetaxel: case report and review of the literature.
In Vivo
; 23(4): 635-7, 2009.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19567400
ABSTRACT
Taxotere has recently been making a noticeable impact on breast, gastric, ovarian, prostate and non-small cell lung cancers. Its side effects include dyspnea, pruritus, skin rashes, fever and hypotension. The patient presented the less common, however potentially fatal, toxicity of pneumonitis. He initially presented with a flu-like illness and hypoxia that was unresponsive to antibiotic treatment and actually progressed. He presented 14 days after his second dose of taxotere, although in retrospect noted symptoms several days prior. Although some patients described in the literature have progressed to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, this patient responded to steroid treatment and withdrawal of taxotere.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Neoplasias Esofágicas
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Adenocarcinoma
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Taxoides
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article