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ArticleCureus2025

Clinical Insights Into Aortitis Following Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Use in an Older Male Patient.

Kaichi Sugihara, Takahiro Kamihara, Takuya Omura, Atsuya Shimizu

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kaichi SugiharaDepartment of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center, Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, JPN.
Takahiro KamiharaDepartment of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, JPN.
Takuya OmuraDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, JPN.
Atsuya ShimizuDepartment of Cardiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes a rare case of extensive aortitis associated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration in a 74-year-old male with castration-resistant prostate cancer and multiple metastases. The patient developed recurrent fever and elevated inflammatory markers after receiving filgrastim for docetaxel-induced neutropenia. Despite antibiotic treatment, his fever persisted. A contrast-enhanced CT scan revealed circumferential wall thickening of the common carotid artery to the aortic arch and abdominal aorta, prompting suspicion of G-CSF-associated vasculitis. Following the initiation of prednisolone, the patient's fever resolved, inflammatory markers decreased, and clinical status improved. Subsequent CT scans showed a reduction in aortic wall thickening. This case highlighted that G-CSF-associated vasculitis can occur in older male cancer patients, urging clinicians to consider aortitis in the differential diagnosis for unexplained fever and inflammation following G-CSF administration and promptly perform contrast-enhanced CT when suspected.

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