RESUMO
We herein report a 45-year-old woman with lung adenocarcinoma stage IV (cT4N3M1a). She was treated with pemetrexed (PEM) monotherapy following four cycles of first-line treatment with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and veliparib. After three cycles of PEM treatment, she presented with dyspnea, and chest computed tomography showed diffuse ground-glass attenuation (GGA), suggesting hypersensitivity pneumonia (HP). Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed a marked increase in lymphocytes (90.5%), and a transbronchial lung biopsy confirmed lymphocytic alveolitis with granuloma. Because her symptoms and diffuse GGA were spontaneously resolved with PEM discontinuation alone, PEM-induced interstitial lung disease was diagnosed. Chest physicians should be aware that PEM can induce HP-type interstitial lung disease.
Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/tratamento farmacológico , Alveolite Alérgica Extrínseca/diagnóstico , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/induzido quimicamente , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Pemetrexede/efeitos adversos , Biópsia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Dispneia/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/complicações , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/diagnóstico , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/patologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is a rare lung disorder diagnosed by radiological imaging of multiple pulmonary nodules and occasionally induced by methotrexate (MTX) use. To date, the treatment of LYG has not been standardized. We herein report the case of a patient with grade 3 MTX-related LYG who presented a bulky lung mass. Importantly, the disease condition only improved after the discontinuation of MTX and remained stable for more than 1 year. Chest physicians should be aware that LYG can develop as a single lung mass and spontaneously regress, even without aggressive chemotherapy, following the cessation of MTX.
