Rapid progressive spontaneous hemothorax caused by carcinoma of unknown primary : A very rare case

© 2023 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology..

We present a very rare case of spontaneous hemothorax which was caused by carcinoma of unknown primary. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other such cases reported worldwide. The patient was 72-year-old male who was referred to our department for massive hemothorax. We undertook surgical treatment for haemostasis, and found multiple tumours which led to the diagnosis of carcinoma of unknown primary as the cause of haemorrhage. The tumours increased and grew rapidly after surgery and hemothorax progressed despite our treatment. The patient died from disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by continuous bleeding on postoperative day 19.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Respirology case reports - 11(2023), 10 vom: 15. Okt., Seite e01215

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Koike, Sachie [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Nobutaka [VerfasserIn]
Miyazawa, Masahisa [VerfasserIn]
Yamashita, Naho [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carcinoma of unknown primary
Case Reports
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Spontaneous hemothorax
Surgical treatment for hemothorax
Very rare case

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Date Revised 17.09.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/rcr2.1215

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NLM362088144