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AME Case Rep
; 3: 39, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31728437
RESUMO
Pneumonitis is a rare and possibly life threatening side effect of TKI-treatment. We present a patient with adenocarcinoma of the lung harboring an uncommon EGFR Exon 21 mutation treated with osimertinib as second-line therapy. After nine months of treatment, the patient developed progressing shortness of breath and night sweats. A severe late-onset predominantly eosinophilic pneumonitis was diagnosed, osimertinib treatment was discontinued and immunosuppressive treatment was initiated. This case report highlights late-onset pneumonitis as a side effect of third-generation TKI-treatment and possible options for subsequent tumor treatment.