Τίτλος:
A Giant Intrathoracic Malignant Schwannoma Causing Respiratory Failure in a Patient without von Recklinghausen's Disease
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
We report an unusual case of a thoracic opacity due to a huge mediastinal malignant schwannoma which compressed the whole left lung and the mediastinum causing respiratory failure in a 73-year-old woman without von Recklinghausen's disease. Although the tumor was resected, the patient failed to wean from mechanical ventilation and died one month later because of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. © 2016 Epameinondas Angelopoulos et al.
Συγγραφείς:
Angelopoulos, E.
Eleftheriou, K.
Kyriakopoulos, G.
Athanassiadi, K.
Rontogianni, D.
Routsi, C.
Περιοδικό:
Case Reports in Medicine
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
aged; Article; artificial ventilation; case report; computer assisted tomography; female; histopathology; human; human tissue; lung; malignant neurilemoma; mediastinum tumor; multiple organ failure; neurofibromatosis; respiratory failure; thorax radiography; thorax tumor; tumor volume
DOI:
10.1155/2016/2541290
