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Organizing pneumonia in ALK+ lung adenocarcinoma treated with ceritinib: A case report and literature review.

Yonghui WuHuiguo ChenJiexia GuanKai ZhangWeibin WuXiaojun LiJian Zhang
Published in: Medicine (2021)
OP must be differentiated from infectious pneumonia, metastasis, or cancer progression. The mechanism of OP is still unknown and needs further research. Biopsy plays a role in making a diagnosis of OP. In our patient, discontinuing ceritinib and treating her with prednisone resulted in a good outcome.
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