Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis following cytotoxic chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer

World J Gastroenterol. 2009 May 14;15(18):2290-2. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2290.

Abstract

Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) is a variant of viral hepatitis reported in hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infected liver, renal or bone transplantation recipients and in leukemia and lymphoma patients after conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy. FCH constitutes a well-described form of fulminant hepatitis having extensive fibrosis and severe cholestasis as its most characteristic pathological findings. Here, we report a case of a 49-year-old patient diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer who developed this condition following conventional chemotherapy-induced immunosuppression. This is the first reported case in the literature of FCH after conventional chemotherapy for a solid tumor. In addition to a detailed report of the case, a physiopathological examination of this potentially life-threatening condition and its treatment options are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents* / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / etiology*
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibrosis / etiology*
  • Fibrosis / pathology
  • Hepacivirus
  • Hepatitis B virus
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents* / adverse effects
  • Immunosuppressive Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / pathology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents