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Interstitial pneumonitis associated with ifosfamide therapy.
W J Baker1, S J Fistel, R V Jones
1Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001.
Cancer
|May 15, 1990
Summary
A rare case of interstitial pneumonitis, a fatal lung condition, is reported in a patient treated with ifosfamide chemotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma. This adverse event was not previously associated with ifosfamide treatment.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Pulmonology
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Ifosfamide and cyclophosphamide are commonly used chemotherapy agents with overlapping toxicities.
- Interstitial pneumonitis is a known, albeit rare, pulmonary complication of some chemotherapy drugs.