title: Thoracic complications and emergencies in oncologic patients.
abstract: Oncology patients often experience urgent or emergent medical complications that are a direct or indirect result of the underlying malignant condition and are first identified or clarified on radiologic imaging studies. The aim of this review is to identify, discuss, and illustrate some of the major thoracic complications in patients with primary intrathoracic or extrathoracic neoplasms; particular focus is placed on issues in which radiologic imaging may have a significant impact on patient management, including superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, post-obstructive pneumonia, diaphragmatic paralysis, pleural effusions, pericardial disease, tracheo-esophageal fistula, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Box 5030, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA. lequint@umich.edu
authors: Leslie E
authors: LE
authors: Quint
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology