Rapid fatal outcome from pulmonary arteries compression in transitional cell carcinoma.

Détails

ID Serval
serval:BIB_726AAB4CC780
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Rapid fatal outcome from pulmonary arteries compression in transitional cell carcinoma.
Périodique
Journal of Oncology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Voutsadakis I.A., Masouris G., Tsapakidis K., Papandreou C.N.
ISSN
1687-8469[electronic], 1687-8450[linking]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Volume
2009
Pages
579407
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a malignancy that metastasizes frequently to lymph nodes including the mediastinal lymph nodes. This occurrence may produce symptoms due to compression of adjacent structures such as the superior vena cava syndrome or dysphagia from esophageal compression. We report the case of a 59-year-old man with metastatic transitional cell carcinoma for whom mediastinal lymphadenopathy led to pulmonary artery compression and a rapidly fatal outcome. This rare occurrence has to be distinguished from pulmonary embolism, a much more frequent event in cancer patients, in order that proper and prompt treatment be initiated.
Pubmed
Open Access
Oui
Création de la notice
25/08/2010 13:16
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 14:30
Données d'usage