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Bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mimicking recurrent metastatic disease in a patient with testicular carcinoma: Case report of the CT scan appearance

✍ Scribed by James B. Nachman; Edward S. Baum; Harvey White; Frank G. Cruissi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1981
Tongue: English
Weight: 509 KB
Volume: 47
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810115)47:2<236::aid-cncr2820470205>3.0.co;2-u

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✦ Synopsis

Pulmonary fibrosis is a well-recognized complication of bleomycin therapy. Detection of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by computed axial tomographic scanning (CT) has not been reported. We report on a patient in whom the development of lesions on chest CT scan following cessation of chemotherapy (including bleomycin) was interpreted as representing recurrent metastatic disease. At bilateral thoracotomy, only pulmonary fibrosis was found. In this patient, the CT scan appearance of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mimicked recurrent disease.