Hepatic breast cancer dissemination after an iatrogenic hepatic laceration during talc pleurodesis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Talc pleurodesis is an effective treatment for malignant pleural effusion. We present a case of an asymptomatic hepatic laceration that occurred during pleurodesis in a breast cancer patient and led to hepatic tumor dissemination. DISCUSSION: Pleurodesis is a relatively safe procedure, a...

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Autores principales: Bosch-Barrera, Joaquim, Espinós, Jaime
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Talc pleurodesis is an effective treatment for malignant pleural effusion. We present a case of an asymptomatic hepatic laceration that occurred during pleurodesis in a breast cancer patient and led to hepatic tumor dissemination. DISCUSSION: Pleurodesis is a relatively safe procedure, although previous studies have described malignant invasion of scar tissue. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first case report of tumor spread due to a liver puncture during talc pleurodesis in a breast cancer patient.

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