Pretreatment tumor lysis syndrome associated with bulky retroperitoneal tumors. Recognition is the mainstay of therapy.
Acute pretreatment tumor lysis syndrome is a rare complication of cancer. Early recognition and aggressive management are mandatory for prevention of the adverse sequelae of the syndrome. Here we present 2 cases of pretreatment tumor lysis syndrome, concluding that this clinical entity should be in the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure associated with malignancy, as early recognition is in fact the mainstay of treatment.
Theodorou
Dimitrios
D
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Lagoudianakis
Emmanuel
E
Pattas
Michael
M
Drimousis
Panagiotis
P
Tsekouras
Dimitrios K
DK
Genetzakis
Michael
M
Katergiannakis
Vagelogiannis
V
Manouras
Andreas
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015275:Tumor Lysis Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*