Gemcitabine Pulmonary Toxicity: CT Features
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 24 (6) , 977-980
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-200011000-00027
Abstract
The purpose of this case report is to describe the CT imaging features of pulmonary toxicity from gemcitabine, a relatively new chemotherapeutic agent, in three patients. CT features of gemcitabine pulmonary toxicity include ground glass opacity (n = 3), thickened septal lines (n = 3), and reticular opacities (n = 3). Distribution is diffuse and bilateral, and may be symmetric (n = 2) or asymmetric (n = 1). Clinical symptoms and imaging findings are potentially reversible with steroid therapy.Keywords
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