Abstract
Abstract
Background
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is increasingly been used to prevent febrile neutropenia (FN) associated with the administration of chemotherapy for various cancers. The most common adverse effects of G-CSF are bone pain and injection-site reactions and aortitis has rarely been reported. We report herein a rare case of G-CSF associated with aortitis in a woman with advanced breast cancer.
Case presentation
A 72-year-old woman with estrogen receptor-negative human epidermal growth factor 2-positive breast cancer with distant metastases in the lung was admitted. Her treatment was initiated with docetaxel in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab followed by the supportive use of a long-acting G-CSF, pegfilgrastim. After administration of pegfilgrastim on day 5, the patient had an intermittent fever (body temperature up to 39.6 °C) on day 9 which continued irrespective of taking levofloxacin. She visited our outpatient clinic on day 13 with no objective symptoms other than fever. Laboratory tests revealed a high neutrophil count (15,000/μl) and a high C-reactive protein (CRP) level (46.35 mg/dl) without any other abnormalities. There was no response upon administration of antimicrobial agents. An 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) revealed thickening of the wall of the descending thoracic aorta and left pleural effusion. Therefore, thoracic aortitis induced by pegfilgrastim was suspected. On day 19, the fever resolved spontaneously followed by a gradual reduction in the neutrophil count and CRP level. In the follow-up CT, the aortic wall thickness and pleural effusion had disappeared.
Conclusions
G-CSF may cause aortitis due to stimulation of the production of inflammatory cytokines. In case of high continuous fever after administration of pegfilgrastim, aortitis should be suspected unless there are other infectious findings.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cancer Research,Genetics,Oncology
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