Recurrent Acute Pulmonary Toxicity and Respiratory Failure Associated with Fludarabine Monophosphate

Corey Cutler; Yaseen Samman; Richard Fraser; Paul Corris; Arnold Zidulka

doi:10.1155/1997/628194

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1997)

Recurrent Acute Pulmonary Toxicity and Respiratory Failure Associated with Fludarabine Monophosphate

Corey Cutler,
Yaseen Samman,
Richard Fraser,
Paul Corris,
Arnold Zidulka

Affiliations

Corey Cutler: Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Yaseen Samman: Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Richard Fraser: Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paul Corris: Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arnold Zidulka: Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/628194
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 6
pp. 331 – 333

Abstract

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A case of recurrent acute fludarabine pulmonary toxicity in a 67-year-old man with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is presented. The patient responded well to high dose steroid therapy. The literature with respect to this rare entity is reviewed.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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