Severe Acute Pulmonary Toxicity Associated with Brentuximab in a Patient with Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Acute pulmonary toxicity associated with brentuximab appears to be a rare but serious adverse effect that can be potentially fatal. We report the case of a twenty-nine-year-old female with Hodgkin’s lymphoma who was treated with brentuximab and later presented with severe acute pulmonary toxicity; s...

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Main Authors: Yasmin Sabet, Saul Ramirez, Elizabeth Rosell Cespedes, Marimer Rensoli Velasquez, Mateo Porres-Muñoz, Sumit Gaur, Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Mateo Porres-Aguilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2359437