A 64-year-old male with fever and persistent lung infiltrate.
Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia is a newly recognized pattern of lung injury. It may be idiopathic or secondary to a variety of lung injuries. In this case report we describe a 64-year-old male with acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia caused by decitabine. He had substantial clinical and radiological improvement after the discontinuation of decitabine and a course of corticosteroids.
Vasu
Tajender S
TS
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, 834 Walnut Street, Suite 650, Philadelphia PA 19107, USA. tajender.vasu@jeffersonhospital.org
Cavallazzi
Rodrigo
R
Hirani
Amyn
A
Marik
Paul E
PE
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001374:Azacitidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D000077209:Decitabine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000077209:Decitabine; D001374:Azacitidine