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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2025

Efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in a case of thymic carcinoma complicated with interstitial lung disease and anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis: A case report.

Yuki Hatakeyama, Jun Sakakibara-Konishi, Masato Tarumi, Kosuke Tsuji, Hirofumi Takahashi, Megumi Furuta, Yuta Takashima, Hidenori Kitai, Tetsuaki Shoji, Yasuyuki Ikezawa and 1 more

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Yuki HatakeyamaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Jun Sakakibara-KonishiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Masato TarumiDepartment of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Kosuke TsujiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hirofumi TakahashiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Megumi FurutaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Yuta TakashimaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hidenori KitaiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Tetsuaki ShojiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Yasuyuki IkezawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Satoshi KonnoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Based on the results of a multicenter phase II study of patients with previously treated thymic carcinoma, lenvatinib administration for unresectable thymic cancer has been covered under insurance in Japan since 2021. However, patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) were excluded from that study; therefore, the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in these patients remain unknown. Herein, we report the case of a woman in her 50s who was diagnosed with thymic carcinoma complicated with ILD. In August 2016, the patient developed ILD with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody-positive dermatomyositis (DM). She received triple therapy comprising prednisolone, tacrolimus and azathioprine. In October 2021, the patient complained of lateral chest pain and back pain. In January 2022, computed tomography (CT) revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor, and percutaneous biopsy resulted in a diagnosis of thymic carcinoma with Masaoka classification IVb. In March 2022, first-line treatment with four cycles of carboplatin (area under the curve, 6) + paclitaxel (200 mg/m

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Interstitial lung diseaseLenvatinibThymic cancer

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