[A case of retrocecal appendicitis occurrence during effective chemotherapy in lung cancer].
Reported is the case of 61-year-old male patient who developed an abscess, secondary to a ruptured retrocecal appendicitis, while undergoing effective chemotherapy for lung cancer. Patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy are especially susceptible to infectious complications because chemotherapy can cause myelosuppression. To our knowledge, has been no previous reported case of retrocecal appendicitis occurring during chemotherapy for the lung cancer. Retrocecal appendicitis is a dangerous form of complication occurring in patients being treated with chemotherapeutic drugs.
Satoh
H
H
Dept. of Internal Med., Tsukuba Univ., School of Med.
Yano
H
H
Naitoh
T
T
Suyama
T
T
Takahashi
N
N
Kameyama
M
M
Satoh
T
T
Ohtsuka
M
M
Yoshizawa
Y
Y
Hasegawa
S
S
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D002432:Cecum; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014751:Vindesine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D002945:Cisplatin; D014751:Vindesine; D007069:Ifosfamide