Pneumatosis intestinalis after etoposide-based chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer: successful conservative management of a rare condition

Pneumatosis intestinalis after etoposide-based chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer: successful conservative management of a rare condition

ABSTRACT A 69-year-old male patient, smoker, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer metastatic to lung, liver and central nervous system. He received chemotherapy with carboplatin AUC 5 on day 1 and etoposide 100mg/m2 on days 1, 2 and 3. During the first cycle, the patient presented with febrile...

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Main Authors: Luiza Dib Batista Bugiato Faria, Carlos Henrique dos Anjos, Gustavo dos Santos Fernandes, Igor Fernando da Silva Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Pneumatose cistóide intestinal/induzido quimicamente
Etoposídeo/administração & dosagem
Etoposídeo/efeitos adversos
Carboplatina/administração & dosagem
Carboplatina/efeitos adversos
Neoplasias pulmonares/quimioterapia
Metástase neoplásica
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