Drug-induced Pneumonitis Following the Administration of TAS-102

Intern Med. 2016;55(19):2855-2859. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6629. Epub 2016 Oct 1.

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman, diagnosed with advanced rectal cancer, presented with a low-grade fever and dyspnea on exertion after the 2nd cycle of TAS-102. TAS-102 has promising efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. A CT scan revealed mosaic patterns with bilateral ground-glass opacities. The drug lymphocyte stimulation test for TAS-102 was strongly positive and serum β-D glucan level was elevated. The clinical course was compatible with TAS-102-induced pneumonitis combined with pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). We herein report a rare case of drug-induced pneumonitis in a patient receiving TAS-102 in combination with PCP.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / chemically induced*
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / chemically induced
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Thymine
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Trifluridine / adverse effects*
  • Uracil / adverse effects
  • Uracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • beta-Glucans / blood

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Pyrrolidines
  • beta-Glucans
  • trifluridine tipiracil drug combination
  • Uracil
  • Thymine
  • Trifluridine