Spontaneous Pneumothoraces and Hemothoraces in Sarcomas

Spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces are rare manifestations of sarcomas occurring more commonly in specific histologic types, chemotherapy and/or anti-angiogenic therapy. Early identification of spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces improves the clinical outcomes. In this article, we p...

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Autores principales: Ezzeddine, Fatima, Jalal, Shadia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29435393
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1905
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description Spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces are rare manifestations of sarcomas occurring more commonly in specific histologic types, chemotherapy and/or anti-angiogenic therapy. Early identification of spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces improves the clinical outcomes. In this article, we present a case series of three patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas who developed spontaneous pneumothoraces and/or hemothoraces and discuss the current literature highlighting the evidence behind these complications.
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spelling pubmed-57968112018-02-12 Spontaneous Pneumothoraces and Hemothoraces in Sarcomas Ezzeddine, Fatima Jalal, Shadia Cureus Oncology Spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces are rare manifestations of sarcomas occurring more commonly in specific histologic types, chemotherapy and/or anti-angiogenic therapy. Early identification of spontaneous pneumothoraces and hemothoraces improves the clinical outcomes. In this article, we present a case series of three patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas who developed spontaneous pneumothoraces and/or hemothoraces and discuss the current literature highlighting the evidence behind these complications. Cureus 2017-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5796811/ /pubmed/29435393 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1905 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ezzeddine et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Spontaneous Pneumothoraces and Hemothoraces in Sarcomas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796811/
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