A 64-year-old male with fever and persistent lung infiltrate

Respir Care. 2009 Sep;54(9):1263-5.

Abstract

Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia is a newly recognized pattern of lung injury. It may be idiopathic or secondary to a variety of lung injuries. In this case report we describe a 64-year-old male with acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia caused by decitabine. He had substantial clinical and radiological improvement after the discontinuation of decitabine and a course of corticosteroids.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Azacitidine / adverse effects
  • Azacitidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / chemically induced*
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / pathology
  • Decitabine
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Decitabine
  • Azacitidine