Paclitaxel induced chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonitis: A case report and review of the literature

Oncology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Ferrarotto, Renata ^a   Schetino, Guilherme ^a   Freitas, Daniela ^a   Capelozzi, Vera ^a   Hoff, Paulo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonitis; Paclitaxel; Unclassified interstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CARBOPLATIN; CIMETIDINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREMOPHOR; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; FLUTICASONE; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; GRANISETRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OVARY CANCER; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETER; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; STOMACH CANCER; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 77954563759     PISSN: 19705557     EISSN: 19705565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12156-010-0043-2     Document Type: Review

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