A Case of Ischemic Colitis Associated with Paclitaxel Loaded Polymeric Micelle (Genexol-PM(R)) Chemotherapy / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
; : 115-118, 2010.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-100692
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ABSTRACT
Paclitaxel has been widely used for treating many solid tumors. Although colonic toxicity is an unusual complication of paclitaxel-based chemotherapy, the reported toxicities include pseudomembranous colitis, neutropenic enterocolitis and on rare occasions ischemic colitis. Genexol-PM(R), which is a recently developed cremophor-free, polymeric micelle-formulated paclitaxel, has shown a more potent antitumor effect because it can increase the usual dose of paclitaxel due to that Genexol-PM(R) does not include the toxic cremophor compound. We report here on a case of a 57-year-old man with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and who developed ischemic colitis after chemotherapy with Genexol-PM(R) and cisplatin. He complained of hematochezia with abdominal pain on the left lower quadrant. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse mucosal hemorrhage and edema from the sigmoid colon to the splenic flexure. After bowel rest, he recovered from his symptoms and the follow-up colonoscopic findings showed that the mucosa was healing. Since then, he was treated with pemetrexed monotherapy instead of a paclitaxel compound and platinum.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Platinum
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Polyethylene Glycols
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Polymers
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Colon, Sigmoid
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
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Abdominal Pain
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Follow-Up Studies
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Colonoscopy
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Cisplatin
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Paclitaxel
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article