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Suzaki, Noriyuki
Hiraki, Akio
Takigawa, Nagio
Ueoka, Hiroshi
Tanimoto, Yasushi
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Kozuki, Toshiyuki
Tabata, Masahiro
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Abstract | A 71-year-old Japanese man with adenocarcinoma of the lung developed interstitial pneumonia after treatment with paclitaxel. The patient had acute chills and fever on the fourth day after the second exposure to paclitaxel, rapidly got worse despite empiric therapies, and developed prolonged respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Four months later, he died of respiratory failure due to progression of both interstitial pneumonia and lung cancer. This is the first case developing fatal paclitaxel-induced pulmonary toxicity to date. Interstitial pneumonia should be considered one of the possible life-threatening complications during treatment with paclitaxel.
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Keywords | paclitaxel
adverse effect
lung cancer
interstitial pneumonia
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Amo Type | Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 2006-10
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Volume | volume60
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Issue | issue5
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 295
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End Page | 298
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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File Version | publisher
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True
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