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Journal of Case Reports
Bleomycin Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Amit Daphale1, Sourya Acharya1, Samarth Shukla2, Saish Alegaonkar1
Department of 1Internal Medicine and 2Pathology, Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Amit Daphale
Email: daphaleamit@gmail.com 
Received: 02-OCT-2016 Accepted: 05-JAN-2017 Published Online: 10-FEB-2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2017.0015
Abstract
Background: Bleomycin, glycopeptide antibiotic, is a key chemotherapeutic agent with fatal pulmonary toxicity. Pulmonary adverse events of bleomycin vary from pneumonia to fatal interstitial fibrosis. Case Report: We hereby report a rare case of bleomycin induced acute respiratory distress syndrome in a patient with dysgerminoma ovary. Conclusion: In presence of risk factors, physicians administrating bleomycin should be aware of potential lung toxicity.
Keywords : Bleomycin, Dysgerminoma, Pneumonia, Ovarian Neoplasms, Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
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