[Dyspnea, oliguria and lower extremities edema in a patient undergoing mediastinic radiotherapy for a non-resectable thymic carcinoma].
In this case report we present the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade of tumor origin. We explain the clinical investigations for its diagnosis as well as its specific differential diagnosis in cancer patients. The different therapeutic options are also presented together with a brief summary of the thymic carcinoma.
Gil-Bazo
Ignacio
I
Departamento de Oncología, Clínica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, España.
Azcárate Agüero
Pedro
P
Arbea Moreno
Leire
L
Moreno Jiménez
Marta
M
Salgado Pascual
José Esteban
JE
García-Foncillas
Jesús
J
Martín-Algarra
Salvador
S
D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D009846:Oliguria / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*