[Fatal neutropenic enterocolitis in a patient with castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Jan 26;177(2A):24-5.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) is a possible life-threatening complication to chemotherapy. The pathogenesis is multi-factorial with mucosal injury and impaired mucosal defence as contributing factors. Histopathological findings are heterogeneous. Clinical presentation includes neutropenia, fever and abdominal pain. Treatment is not clearly defined. We present a fatal case of NE in a patient with prostate cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy, docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every three weeks and prednisolone 5 mg × 2 daily. The post-mortem examination confirmed NE with prostate cancer cells in bowel wall.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Docetaxel
  • Enterocolitis, Neutropenic / chemically induced*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / drug therapy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / pathology
  • Taxoids / adverse effects*
  • Taxoids / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Taxoids
  • Docetaxel