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SUBMITTER: Le Baut G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6006037 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Le Baut Guillaume G Guilloit Jean-Marc JM Leprince Vincent V Ollivier Yann Y Dubos-Arvis Catherine C Do Pascal P Sutter Jasmine J Loge Ludovic L Gervais Radj R
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20180601 3
Oxaliplatin given systemically is associated with pneumonitis in less than 1% of cases. This case report describes acute respiratory failure, due to bronchiolitis organising pneumonia, in a patient with colorectal carcinoma being treated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy which included oxaliplatin and CPT-11 (irinotecan). The clinical course, the lack of an identifiable infectious agent and the complete response to corticosteroids suggested a drug-induced cause. After ruling out CPT ...[more]