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Case Report

A case of unexpected rapid death due to disseminated varicella zoster that developed during treatments for metastatic small cell lung cancer and interstitial lung disease

Minako Omaea  Koshi Yokomuraa  Takefumi Abea  Norimichi Akiyamaa  Tsuyoshi Nozuea  Takafumi Sudab 

aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
bSecond Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

ABSTRACT

A 76-year-old female with interstitial lung disease (ILD) was diagnosed as metastatic small cell lung cancer in May 20XX and treated with systemic chemotherapy. During the 2nd line treatment, the ILD progressively deteriorated and prednisolone was administered orally by 30 mg/day. After 4 weeks, blisters suddenly erupted on her body with fever elevation, and she died in just one day with multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Although both specific IgG and IgM for varicella zoster did not elevate in the current case, it was highly suspected to be disseminated varicella zoster infection according to the characteristic skin eruption and surprisingly rapid death. Later, it became apparent that her husband had herpes zoster two weeks before her blisters eruption. Our current case indicates that it could be quite difficult to treat disseminated varicella zoster once developed, and, in addition to our attention, we should bring more patient and family attention to the herpes zoster infection during systemic chemotherapy or immunosuppressive treatments.

KEYWORDS

Small cell lung cancer  Interstitial pneumonia  Immunocompromised host  Disseminated varicella zoster  Herpes zoster 

Received 6 Mar 2015 / Accepted 25 May 2015

AJRS, 4(5): 403-407, 2015

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