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Bleomycin toxicity simulating metastatic nodules to the lungs
Author(s) -
McCrea Erlinda S.,
Diaconis John N.,
Wade James C.,
Johnston Curtis A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810901)48:5<1096::aid-cncr2820480508>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , bleomycin , asymptomatic , lung , pulmonary toxicity , chemotherapy , respiratory disease , radiology , pathology , lung cancer , surgery
Pulmonary nodules may develop following bleomycin therapy, a previously undescribed entity that may simulate metastatic disease. Two asymptomatic patients are reported with nodules that developed following low dose bleomycin treatment for testicular tumors. One patient had previously documented pulmonary metastases that had resolved after chemotherapy. The other patient had nodular‐appearing densities on routine chest examination without a history of previous metastatic lung involvement.