Journal article
Rapid Fatal Outcome from Pulmonary Arteries Compression in Transitional Cell Carcinoma
Journal of oncology, Vol.2009, pp.91-93
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1155/2009/579407
PMCID: PMC2810454
PMID: 20111732
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rapid Fatal Outcome from Pulmonary Arteries Compression in Transitional Cell Carcinoma
- Creators
- Ioannis A. Voutsadakis - University Hospital of LarissaGeorge Masouris - University Hospital of LarissaKonstantinos Tsapakidis - University Hospital of LarissaChristos N. Papandreou - University Hospital of Larissa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of oncology, Vol.2009, pp.91-93
- DOI
- 10.1155/2009/579407
- PMID
- 20111732
- PMCID
- PMC2810454
- NLM abbreviation
- J Oncol
- ISSN
- 1687-8450
- eISSN
- 1687-8450
- Publisher
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984806603902771
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