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PEG‐GCSF‐induced aortitis in a patient with breast cancer: distinguishing between infective and immune‐mediated aortitis

Luigi Zolio, Prudence A Francis and Nava Ferdowsi
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52237
Published online: 1 April 2024

A 64‐year‐old woman presented with non‐neutropenic fever and back pain one day after the first cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (doxorubicin–cyclophosphamide) for locally advanced breast cancer. She had also received pegylated granulocyte colony stimulating factor (PEG‐GCSF) one day after chemotherapy to enable dose‐dense chemotherapy scheduling. She was originally treated with intravenous antibiotics and discharged home on oral amoxicillin–clavulanate, with improvement in symptoms.


  • 1 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC


Correspondence: drluigizolio@gmail.com


Patient consent:

The patient gave written consent for publication.


Competing interests:

Prudence Francis received an honorarium for giving a lecture at a meeting organised by Eli Lilly.

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