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. 2012 May;46(5):677–686. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0115OC

TABLE 1.

CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT–INDUCED ILD

Histology
Patient Number Age (Years) Gender Sample Carcinoma ILD Thoracic Irradiation Total Dose Length of Administration Smoking Status
Bleomycin-induced
1 56 Male Autopsy Squamous (lung) DAD (organizing/fibrotic) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
2 66 Male Autopsy Squamous (mandible) DAD (organizing/fibrotic) 12,000 rad 190 mg 28 days Unknown
3 67 Female Autopsy Squamous (genitalia) DAD (organizing/fibrotic + squamous metaplasia) 4,000 rad 300 mg 70 days Unknown
4 56 Male Autopsy Squamous (hypopharynx) DAD (organizing/fibrotic + squamous metaplasia) 3,600 rad 195 mg 91 days Unknown
5 69 Male Autopsy Squamous (skin) DAD (exudative/organizing + acute pulmonary edema) 6,000 rad 300 mg 140 days Unknown
Gefitinib-induced
1 69 Female Biopsy Adeno DAD (fibrotic + microscopic honeycombing) 3.75 g 15 days Nonsmoker
2 66 Female Biopsy Adeno Chronic interstitial fibrosis 7 g 28 days Nonsmoker
3 62 Female Biopsy Adeno DAD (fibrotic + microscopic honeycombing + squamous metaplasia) 13 g 52 days Nonsmoker
4 62 Male Biopsy Adeno DAD (fibrotic + microscopic honeycombing) 9.25 g 37 days Nonsmoker
5 73 Male Autopsy Adeno DAD (fibrotic + microscopic honeycombing + squamous metaplasia) 1.75 g 7 days Smoker

Definition of abbreviations: DAD, diffuse alveolar damage; ILD, interstitial lung disease.