Successful treatment of bronchorrhea with gefitinib in a patient with bronchioloalveolar cell lung carcinoma

Autor:	Sibes Kumar Das, Bhaswati Ghoshal, Anirban Das
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Bronchorrhea bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma gefitinib Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
Zdroj:	The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 63-65 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2320-8775 2320-9089
DOI:	10.4103/jacp.jacp_3_19
Popis:	Bronchorrhea is defined as production of more than 100 mL watery sputum per day. Although found in several diseases and disorders, it is classically described in bronchioloalveolar cell lung carcinoma. It hampers the quality of life of the patient with lung cancer. Several treatment options are available for relief of this distressing symptom; however, none of them are effective in all cases. We herein report a case of a female with bronchioloalveolar cell lung carcinoma who presented with bronchorrhea. She showed dramatic symptomatic improvement with therapy with gefitinib.
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