Pneumocystis Pneumonia during Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Colon Cancer - A Case Report

• Published in: Gan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 42; no. 11; p. 1423
• Main Authors: Fujiwara, Yushi, Lee, Shigeru, Kishida, Satoru, Hashiba, Ryoya, Gyobu, Ken, Osugi, Harushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy; Liver Neoplasms - secondary; Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Male; Neoplasm Staging; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - etiology; Sigmoid Neoplasms - drug therapy; Sigmoid Neoplasms - pathology; Sigmoid Neoplasms - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome

We report a case of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) during adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced sigmoid colon cancer. A 70-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital after complaining of bloody stools. He was diagnosed with advanced sigmoid colon cancer, T2N2aM1b, Stage IV B. After 3 cycles of mF...