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. 2019 Feb 27;60:186–190. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.02.026

Table 2.

Side effects of tamoxifen-induced pneumonia in previous case report.

Symptom onset at post-medication time point Symptoms Restarting Symptoms after restarting
Ahmed et al. [10] 1week Cough No Not reported
dyspnea
intermittent fever
mechanical ventilation
Shiiki et al. [12] 2day Cough Yes Cough
dyspnea dyspnea
Etori et al. [3] 3month Mild cough Yes Cough
dyspnea on exertion
Kwon et al.a 3day Cough Yes Itching sense
dyspnea
Fever (40.5 °C)

All cases had initial and restarting dose of tamoxifen of 20 mg daily.

a

Current study.