Ground Glass Appearance During the Pandemic Period: Everolimus Induced Interstitial Pneumonia

Authors : Sidelya Ecem YİĞİT, İffet Beril GÖKMEN, Yıldız OKUTURLAR

Pages : 126-129

Doi:10.46310/tjim.1078775

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Publication Date : 2022-04-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Ground glass appearance is a nonspecific finding that can see in diseases such as chronic interstitial disease, acute alveolar disease or infection; however, it is most commonly encountered in COVID-19 pulmonary involvement today. The mammalian target of rapamycin insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mTOR); plays a regulatory role in cell proliferation and growth. Everolimus is an allosteric mTOR inhibitor used in ER+ breast cancers and inhibits the mTOR functional complex. Here, we present a case of interstitial pneumonia due to everolimus, which can be confused with COVID-19 pneumonia due to its ground-glass appearance during the pandemic period.
Keywords : Everolimus, mTOR, ground glass, interstitial pneumonia, Covid 19, breast cancer