Pulmonary fibrosis caused by bleomycin-induced pneumonia (BIP) is the most important side effect limiting the use of bleomycin and is mainly treated with corticosteroids. However, 1% to 4% of patients do not respond to corticosteroid therapy. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and BIP develop by similar pathophysiological mechanisms. Nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used successfully in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and there is no information about its use in BIP treatment. Here, we would like to present a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin lymphoma who developed BIP after 2 cycles of ABVD (Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) and 4 cycles of BAECOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone), whose respiratory failure impaired despite corticosteroid therapy, but was successfully treated with nintedanib.
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) related lymphoproliferative diseases may occur in immunocompromised patients or patients with a history of drug use causing immunodeficiency. EBV positive mucocutaneous ulceration in the new classification of lymphoproliferative diseases in 2016 is very rare in children. Involvement occurs in the skin, oral mucosa, and gastrointestinal system. Gastric involvement is very rare in the literature. There is no case of gastric involvement in children. There are no specified modalities in the treatment of EBV positive mucocutaneous ulceration. We presented our pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia who presented with abdominal pain and difficulty swallowing and diagnosed with EBV positive mucocutaneous ulceration in the stomach. We started brentuximab vedotin during the treatment process, and complete remission was achieved after 6 cures of treatment. Our patient is the first case of EBV positive mucocutaneous ulceration in the pediatric case series.
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