Tumor lysis syndrome in a patient with ovarian yolk sac tumor

• Tumor lysis syndrome is an oncologic emergency with profound metabolic derangements. • Germ cell tumors with large disease burden increase the risk for tumor lysis syndrome. • Herein we present a case of tumor lysis syndrome prior to initiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy for ovarian yolk sac tumor....

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Autores principales: VanHise, Katherine, Swailes, Alexa, Roche, Michael, Newell, Jordan M., Kesterson, Joshua P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29159262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.11.004
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Sumario:• Tumor lysis syndrome is an oncologic emergency with profound metabolic derangements. • Germ cell tumors with large disease burden increase the risk for tumor lysis syndrome. • Herein we present a case of tumor lysis syndrome prior to initiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy for ovarian yolk sac tumor.

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