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ArticleCureus2022

Paclitaxel-Induced Pneumonitis in Trinidad: A Case Report.

Nishtha Mohan, Dominic Dalip, Fidel S Rampersad, Shiva Jaggernauth

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nishtha MohanInternal Medicine, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, TTO.
Dominic DalipInternal Medicine, Southern Medical Clinic, San Fernando, TTO.
Fidel S RampersadRadiology, The University of the West Indies, Port of Spain, TTO.
Shiva JaggernauthRespiratory Medicine, Apley Medical Ltd, San Fernando, TTO.
San Fernando General Hospital · TTUniversity of the West Indies · TT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paclitaxel-induced pneumonitis (PIP) is an immune-mediated disease resulting from a delayed hypersensitivity reaction (type IV) to paclitaxel, an anti-microtubule chemotherapeutic drug commonly used to treat breast cancer in both neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings. PIP is diagnosed by exclusion utilizing laboratory work-up, imaging, biopsy studies, and results of antibiotic therapy because there is no single diagnostic test. Ground-glass opacifications on CT, coupled with minimal restrictive disturbance with decreased diffusion on pulmonary function tests (PFTs), negative bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and bronchoscopy cultures, may assist physicians in diagnosing paclitaxel-induced pneumonitis. In this report, we describe a case of PIP present in Trinidad, West Indies, which has not been described previously in this region.

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breast cancerdrug-inducedhypersensitivitypaclitaxelpneumonitis

Identifiers

PMID35949737
PMCPMC9357421
OpenAlexW4286633221

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