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Table 4.

Literature Pertaining to Gemcitabine-Related Pneumonitis in Pancreatic Cancer

Study	Study Type	No. of Patients	Imaging Findings	No. of Gemcitabine Doses	Treatment	Outcome
Yakabe³³	Case report	1	Diffuse ground-glass opacities	9	Steroid, neutrophil esterase inhibitor and supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Chi¹³	Case report	1	Diffuse ground-glass opacities	15	Antibiotics and steroid treatment along with supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Shaib²¹	Case report	1	Diffuse ground-glass opacities; cryptogenic organizing pneumonia	2	Antibiotics and steroid treatment along with supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Ishibashi³⁴	Case report	1	Diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltrates	6	Steroid treatment along with supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Nomura³⁵	Case report	1	Diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltrates	15	Steroid treatment along with supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Hiraya¹⁵	Case report	1	Diffuse ground-glass opacities	12	Steroid treatment along with supportive therapy	Complete recovery
Tamiya²⁵	Cohort series	9	Diffuse ground-glass opacities, thickened septal lines, reticular opacities	Variable	Steroid pulse treatment along with supportive therapy	2 of 9 patients died