Gemcitabine induced pneumonitis: a case report and review of literature

We are reporting a case of pneumonitis in an 81 year old-aged woman due to gemcitabine who was successfully managed with steroids. We also reviewed the literature and found previous case reports of gemcitabine induced pneumonitis.We reported this case to alert physicians to be aware of this infreque...

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Autores principales: Thalambedu, Nishanth, El-Habr, Abdallah H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7598946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1811071
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description We are reporting a case of pneumonitis in an 81 year old-aged woman due to gemcitabine who was successfully managed with steroids. We also reviewed the literature and found previous case reports of gemcitabine induced pneumonitis.We reported this case to alert physicians to be aware of this infrequent and sometimes fatal complication from gemcitabine.
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spelling pubmed-75989462020-11-12 Gemcitabine induced pneumonitis: a case report and review of literature Thalambedu, Nishanth El-Habr, Abdallah H. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report We are reporting a case of pneumonitis in an 81 year old-aged woman due to gemcitabine who was successfully managed with steroids. We also reviewed the literature and found previous case reports of gemcitabine induced pneumonitis.We reported this case to alert physicians to be aware of this infrequent and sometimes fatal complication from gemcitabine. Taylor & Francis 2020-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7598946/ /pubmed/33194133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1811071 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Gemcitabine induced pneumonitis: a case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7598946/
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