Fatal Pneumonitis Induced by Oxaliplatin: Description of Three Cases

We describe 3 fatal cases of interstitial pneumonitis rapidly evolving to pulmonary fibrosis and death after the administration of oxaliplatin as part of the FOLFOX regimen. Due to the widespread use of oxaliplatin in oncology, clinicians should be aware of the risk and severity of oxalipatin-induce...

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Autores principales: Pontes, L.B., Armentano, D.P.D., Soares, A., Gansl, R.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published: February, 2012
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22539922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000337030
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author Pontes, L.B.
Armentano, D.P.D.
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description We describe 3 fatal cases of interstitial pneumonitis rapidly evolving to pulmonary fibrosis and death after the administration of oxaliplatin as part of the FOLFOX regimen. Due to the widespread use of oxaliplatin in oncology, clinicians should be aware of the risk and severity of oxalipatin-induced interstitial pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-33377372012-04-26 Fatal Pneumonitis Induced by Oxaliplatin: Description of Three Cases Pontes, L.B. Armentano, D.P.D. Soares, A. Gansl, R.C. Case Rep Oncol Published: February, 2012 We describe 3 fatal cases of interstitial pneumonitis rapidly evolving to pulmonary fibrosis and death after the administration of oxaliplatin as part of the FOLFOX regimen. Due to the widespread use of oxaliplatin in oncology, clinicians should be aware of the risk and severity of oxalipatin-induced interstitial pneumonia. S. Karger AG 2012-02-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3337737/ /pubmed/22539922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000337030 Text en Copyright © 2012 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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Fatal Pneumonitis Induced by Oxaliplatin: Description of Three Cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337737/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000337030
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