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Sunitinib: An Unusual Cause of Pneumothorax in a Patient With Metastatic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Sunitinib: An Unusual Cause of Pneumothorax in a Patient With Metastatic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

Nedal Bukhari, Suha Al-Badr, Manal AlNaimi and Faisal Azam
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.12(8)
06/08/2020
PMID: 32923192

Abstract

Oncology pneumothorax renal cell carcinoma sunitinib vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
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.
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