title: A Case of Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome in a Patient with Ovarian Cancer.
abstract: Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a potentially life-threating complication of tumors or chemotherapy treatment. TLS commonly occurs in hematological malignancies, but it is very rare in patients with a solid tumor. In cases of solid tumors, TLS usually occurs spontaneously and after the initiation of anticancer therapy, and it has a high mortality rate. We present the novel case of a 62-year-old woman with an ovarian tumor who spontaneously developed TLS. Surgical reduction of the tumor mass vastly improved her condition. She showed no sign of tumor recurrence 8 months after treatment. As TLS is life-threatening, successful treatments must be seriously considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Isoji
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okura
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizobuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1 Zyotocho, Marugame-shi, Kagawa-ken 763-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Midori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando