Bukhari Nedal, Al-Badr Suha, AlNaimi Manal, Azam Faisal
Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hopsital, Dammam, SAU.
Internal Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Cureus. 2020 Aug 6;12(8):e9586. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9586.
Spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to sunitinib, a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibitor, is an extremely rare side effect of this class of medications. In this report, we present the case of a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who developed bilateral pneumothoraces after starting on sunitinib. This case report recognizes pneumothorax as a life-threatening side effect of sunitinib.
舒尼替尼是一种血管内皮生长因子受体(VEGFR)抑制剂,继发于舒尼替尼的自发性气胸是这类药物极为罕见的副作用。在本报告中,我们介绍了一例转移性肾细胞癌(RCC)患者,该患者在开始使用舒尼替尼后出现双侧气胸。本病例报告确认气胸是舒尼替尼的一种危及生命的副作用。