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Table 1 Previous case reports of pneumatosis intestinalis following gefitinib and erlotinib treatment

From: Gefitinib successfully administered in a lung cancer patient with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis after erlotinib-induced pneumatosis intestinalis

Year

Author

Age

Sex

EGFR-TKIs

CT findings

Treatment

2012

Shinagare, et al. 1)

N.D.

N.D.

Erlotinib

N.D.

N.D.

2012

Iwasaku, et al. 13)

82

F

Gefitinib

Intramural air within the intestinal wall

Conservative therapy

2012

Lee, et al. 14)

66

F

Gefitinib

Intramural air within the intestinal wall, portal venous air, Infarction of liver

Conservative therapy

2014

Hughes, et al. 15)

N.D. Three patients

N.D.

Erlotinib and pertuzumab

N.D.

N.D.

2015

Ando, et al. 16)

71

M

Gefitinib

Intramural air within the intestinal wall, ascites

Conservative therapy

2016

Maeda, et al. 17)

80

F

Gefitinib

Intramural air within the intestinal wall, pneumoretroperitoneum,

Conservative therapy

2017

Current case

71

F

Erlotinib

Intramural air within the intestinal wall, pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum

Conservative therapy

  1. EGFR-TKIs Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
  2. N.D Not described