{"title":"Panitumumab-induced interstitial lung disease in a case of metastatic colorectal cancer.","authors":"Takeshi Yamada, Toshikazu Moriwaki, Kenji Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Akinori Sugaya, Daisuke Akutsu, Tetsuya Murashita, Shinji Endo, Ichinosuke Hyodo","doi":"10.1159/000349959","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A Japanese postmarketing survey of panitumumab revealed that panitumumab-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurred in approximately 1% (19/1767) of patients, causing death in 36.8% of these cases.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We report the case of a 60-year-old Japanese man who developed ILD associated with panitumumab therapy (third-line therapy) for metastatic sigmoid colon cancer involving the liver, lymph nodes, and lungs. 2 months after the initiation of panitumumab therapy, he developed a progressive nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and a fever, and was diagnosed with ILD. Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone treatment led to quick recovery. The patient had some risk factors for ILD associated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Further studies are required to elucidate the association between anti-EGFR antibodies and ILD.</p>","PeriodicalId":19684,"journal":{"name":"Onkologie","volume":"36 4","pages":"209-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000349959","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Onkologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000349959","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2013/3/18 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: A Japanese postmarketing survey of panitumumab revealed that panitumumab-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurred in approximately 1% (19/1767) of patients, causing death in 36.8% of these cases.
Case report: We report the case of a 60-year-old Japanese man who developed ILD associated with panitumumab therapy (third-line therapy) for metastatic sigmoid colon cancer involving the liver, lymph nodes, and lungs. 2 months after the initiation of panitumumab therapy, he developed a progressive nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and a fever, and was diagnosed with ILD. Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone treatment led to quick recovery. The patient had some risk factors for ILD associated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Conclusion: Further studies are required to elucidate the association between anti-EGFR antibodies and ILD.