Massive fatal pulmonary haemorrhage during bevacizumab treatment following microwave ablation therapy for oligometastatic lung metastasis from rectal cancer

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Mar 1;26(3):514-515. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx342.

Abstract

Although thoracic ablative therapies are generally safe procedures, fatal complications can occur. Bevacizumab is a standard-of-care treatment along with chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. Although uncommon, unpredictable serious adverse events can occur secondary to bevacizumab. We report a case of fatal intrapulmonary haemorrhage as a result of arteriopulmonary fistula in a patient after microwave ablation of pulmonary colorectal cancer metastasis while on bevacizumab. Antiangiogenetic properties of bevacizumab are associated with delayed wound healing, which might have been a crucial factor in the development of arteriopulmonary fistula and haemorrhage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ablation Techniques / adverse effects*
  • Aged
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bevacizumab / adverse effects*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Microwaves / therapeutic use*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Bevacizumab