RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Pneumonitis Related to Docetaxel: Case Report and Review of the Literature JF In Vivo JO In Vivo FD International Institute of Anticancer Research SP 635 OP 637 VO 23 IS 4 A1 SUSAN ALSAMARAI A1 ANDRIANI G. CHARPIDOU A1 RICHARD A. MATTHAY A1 DANIEL CONFELD A1 KOSTAS N. SYRIGOS A1 MUHAMMAD W. SAIF YR 2009 UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/23/4/635.abstract AB Taxotere has recently been making a noticeable impact on breast, gastric, ovarian, prostate and non-small cell lung cancers. Its side effects include dyspnea, pruritus, skin rashes, fever and hypotension. The patient presented the less common, however potentially fatal, toxicity of pneumonitis. He initially presented with a flu-like illness and hypoxia that was unresponsive to antibiotic treatment and actually progressed. He presented 14 days after his second dose of taxotere, although in retrospect noted symptoms several days prior. Although some patients described in the literature have progressed to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, this patient responded to steroid treatment and withdrawal of taxotere.