A Case Report of Breast Cancer with Extensive Pulmonary Lymphovascular Tumor Emboli / 한국유방암학회지
Journal of Breast Cancer
; : 128-132, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
We describe a patient with breast cancer who relapsed with an extensive pulmonary lymphovascular tumor embolism. A 38-year-old female, who previously received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and curative resection of breast cancer, underwent adjuvant chemotherapy and was referred to the emergency room because of sudden-onset pleuritic chest pain lasting for 10 days. Despite a trial of empirical antibiotics, the chest pain and the extent of consolidative lung lesion on chest radiographs rapidly aggravated. We performed an open lung biopsy to confirm the etiology. The histopathological review revealed a hemorrhagic infarction caused by lymphovascular tumor emboli from a metastatic breast carcinoma. Palliative first-line chemotherapy was administered, consisting of ixabepilone and capecitabine, and the lung lesion improved markedly.
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Tórax
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Biopsia
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Dolor en el Pecho
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Mama
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Quimioterapia Adyuvante
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Epotilonas
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Desoxicitidina
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Urgencias Médicas
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Capecitabina
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Journal of Breast Cancer
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2012
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