Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico

Endobronchial location of metastases is uncommon. We report a 83 year-old woman with a history of a ¡eft hemicolectomy due to tubular colon adenocarcinoma, three years ago. She consulted in the emergency room for progressive dyspnea, cough an mucous sputum. There was abolition of breath sounds and d...

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Autores principales: Godoy T,Cristian, Vega S,Jorge, Rivera G,Liliana
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720080002000112008-07-28Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínicoGodoy T,CristianVega S,JorgeRivera G,Liliana Adenocarcinoma Bronchial neoplasms Colonic neoplasms Endobronchial location of metastases is uncommon. We report a 83 year-old woman with a history of a ¡eft hemicolectomy due to tubular colon adenocarcinoma, three years ago. She consulted in the emergency room for progressive dyspnea, cough an mucous sputum. There was abolition of breath sounds and dullness in the ¡eft hemithorax. Chest X ray examination showed a complete opacity of the ¡eft lung. She was treated as a pneumonia and her left lung expanded again. Three weeks later, left lung atelectasis relapsed. A bronchial biopsy showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, compatible with colon adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the colonic origin of the tumor. The patient rejected radiotherapy and is alive after 11 months of follow upinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.2 20082008-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000200011es10.4067/S0034-98872008000200011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Adenocarcinoma
Bronchial neoplasms
Colonic neoplasms
spellingShingle Adenocarcinoma
Bronchial neoplasms
Colonic neoplasms
Godoy T,Cristian
Vega S,Jorge
Rivera G,Liliana
Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
description Endobronchial location of metastases is uncommon. We report a 83 year-old woman with a history of a ¡eft hemicolectomy due to tubular colon adenocarcinoma, three years ago. She consulted in the emergency room for progressive dyspnea, cough an mucous sputum. There was abolition of breath sounds and dullness in the ¡eft hemithorax. Chest X ray examination showed a complete opacity of the ¡eft lung. She was treated as a pneumonia and her left lung expanded again. Three weeks later, left lung atelectasis relapsed. A bronchial biopsy showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, compatible with colon adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the colonic origin of the tumor. The patient rejected radiotherapy and is alive after 11 months of follow up
author Godoy T,Cristian
Vega S,Jorge
Rivera G,Liliana
author_facet Godoy T,Cristian
Vega S,Jorge
Rivera G,Liliana
author_sort Godoy T,Cristian
title Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
title_short Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
title_full Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
title_fullStr Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed Atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: Caso clínico
title_sort atelectasia pulmonar recurrente secundaria a una metástasis endobronquial de un carcinoma de colon: caso clínico
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2008
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000200011
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