[A case of lung abscess during chemotherapy for testicular tumor]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2014 May;60(5):237-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

32-year-old man was seen in a clinic because of prolonged cough and slight-fever. Chest X-ray showed multiple pulmonary nodules, and multiple lung and mediastinal lymph node metastases from right testicular tumor was suspected by positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) scan. He was diagnosed with right testicular germ cell tumor (embryonal carcinoma + seminoma, pT2N1M1b), and classified into the intermediate risk group according to International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group. He underwent 4 cycles of chemotherapy with bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP therapy). During BEP therapy, sputum with foul odor appeared and chest CT scan revealed lung abscess with a necrotic lesion of metastatic tumor. The lung abscess was treated successfully with antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Lung Abscess / etiology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Bleomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin