Metastatic lung cancer presenting as thoracic empyema. A Case report

Increased cancer risk in patients with inflammatory and infectious diseases has been reported in many studies and lung cancer‐associated empyema in <0.3% patients. We present a patient with empyema in whom the final diagnosis was metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Purulent pleural fluid obtained by...

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Autores principales: Leporati, Andrea, Raveglia, Federico, Cioffi, Ugo, De Simone, Matilde, Ghelma, Filippo, Baisi, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7069862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32185041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2566
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Sumario:Increased cancer risk in patients with inflammatory and infectious diseases has been reported in many studies and lung cancer‐associated empyema in <0.3% patients. We present a patient with empyema in whom the final diagnosis was metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Purulent pleural fluid obtained by drainage or thoracentesis must always been examined because the association of malignant tumors and empyema should be taken into consideration.

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