Abstract
We report a woman presenting with respiratory failure due to a right-sided pleural effusion, lung metastases and lymphangitis carcinomatosis from advanced lung adenocarcinoma in the third trimester of pregnancy, who showed good response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
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MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
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Adenocarcinoma / genetics
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Adenocarcinoma / physiopathology
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Adenocarcinoma / secondary
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Adult
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Disease Progression
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ErbB Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors
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ErbB Receptors / genetics
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Erlotinib Hydrochloride
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Female
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Gefitinib
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
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Lung Neoplasms / genetics
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / physiopathology
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Lymphangitis
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Lymphatic Metastasis
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Neoplasm Staging
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Pleural Effusion, Malignant
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy*
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Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / genetics
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Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology
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Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / physiopathology
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Pregnancy Trimester, Third
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Quinazolines / administration & dosage*
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Quinazolines / pharmacology
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Remission Induction
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Sequence Deletion / genetics
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Term Birth
Substances
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Quinazolines
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Erlotinib Hydrochloride
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ErbB Receptors
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Gefitinib