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Or 'ILD'. (Fr: PnP subaiguë). A.k.a. pulmonary infiltrates. Generally bilateral and symmetrical. Gradual onset. Consistent with but not specific for an NSIP-c pattern on pathology. Less- dense, severe, acute and diffuse than pattern Ia. Lacks the features of ARDS that may accompany pattern Ia. Can be in the form of disseminated linear, reticulonodular, miliary or patchy opacities. BAL is indicated to separate this pattern from PIE (Ic) or DAH (IIIa). Acute chest pain can be at the forefront. A search for microorganisms including Pneumocystis (stains, PCR) is indicated. On pathology (although not many cases undergo a confirmatory lung biopsy), there is interstitial inflammation and a more or less dense cellular interstitial cellular infiltrate (NSIP-c). Fibrosis, alveolar edema and/or a reactive epithelium denote those cases resulting from with antineoplastic chemotherapy agents. The frontier between patterns Ia and I b can be difficult to draw, so please check drugs under both Ia and Ib. Patients may quickly shift from pattern Ib to Ia particularly if the the causal drug is inappropriately continued. Prompt withdrawal must be considered, underlying disease permitting, and can be therapeutic.
Publications
A disproportionality analysis of adverse events associated to pertuzumab in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).
BMC pharmacology & toxicology 2023 Nov 13;24;62 — 2023 Nov 13 — 62
Herbst RS, Davies AM, Natale RB, Dang TP, Schiller JH, Garland LL, Miller VA, Mendelson D, Van den Abbeele AD, Melenevsky Y, de Vries DJ, Eberhard DA, Lyons B, Lutzker SG, Johnson BE
Efficacy and safety of single-agent pertuzumab, a human epidermal receptor dimerization inhibitor, in patients with non small cell lung cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2007 Oct 15;13;6175-81 — 2007 Oct 15 — 6175-81