scholarly journals Erythema Nodosum Revealing Metastatic Lung Cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Mzabi ◽  
Wafa Benzarti ◽  
Wiem Romdhane ◽  
Wafa Baya ◽  
Sana Aissa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Erythema Nodosum ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Paraneoplastic Disease ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
Immunological Investigation ◽  
Bronchial Biopsies ◽  
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Erythema nodosum (EN) is an inflammatory condition of the subcutaneous fat and has been reported in patients with haematological malignancies (lymphomas) or solid tumours. Lung cancer is the most common cause of paraneoplastic syndrome. We report a case of EN occurring as a paraneoplastic disease. A 48-year-old Tunisian woman, a non-smoker with no relevant medical history, presented with painful, erythematous, firm nodules on her legs with ankle swelling. The patient did not report any other symptoms. There were no abnormalities on examination except for moderate fever. An extensive infectious and immunological investigation was negative. Antistreptolysin antibodies were undetectable. Chest radiography showed a focal opacity in the right lung and a CT scan revealed a mass in the lower right pulmonary lobe with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathies, a nodule in the right adrenal gland, condensation in the iliac bone and multiple bilateral nodular cerebral expansive processes. Bronchial biopsies revealed a primitive and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. No argument for tuberculosis or sarcoidosis was found.

scholarly journals Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer and Oncologists’ Views on Achievement of Treatment Goals and Making the Right Treatment Decision: A Prospective Multicenter Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 0272989X2199895
Author(s):  
Adinda Mieras ◽  
Annemarie Becker-Commissaris ◽  
Hanna T. Klop ◽  
H. Roeline W. Pasman ◽  
Denise de Jong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Multicenter Study ◽  
Systemic Treatment ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Treatment Goals ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Prospective Multicenter Study ◽  
Cancer Data ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
The Right

Background Previous studies have investigated patients’ treatment goals before starting a treatment for metastatic lung cancer. Data on the evaluation of treatment goals are lacking. Aim To determine if patients with metastatic lung cancer and their oncologists perceive the treatment goals they defined at the start of systemic treatment as achieved after treatment and if in hindsight they believe it was the right decision to start systemic therapy. Design and Participants A prospective multicenter study in 6 hospitals across the Netherlands between 2016 and 2018. Following systemic treatment, 146 patients with metastatic lung cancer and 23 oncologists completed a questionnaire on the achievement of their treatment goals and whether they made the right treatment decision. Additional interviews with 15 patients and 5 oncologists were conducted. Results According to patients and oncologists, treatment goals were achieved in 30% and 37% for ‘quality of life,’ 49% and 41% for ‘life prolongation,’ 26% and 44% for ‘decrease in tumor size,’ and 44% for ‘cure’, respectively. Most patients and oncologists, in hindsight, felt they had made the right decision to start treatment and also if they had not achieved their goals (72% and 93%). This was related to the feeling that they had to do ‘something.’ Conclusions Before deciding on treatment, the treatment options, including their benefits and side effects, and the goals patients have should be discussed. It is key that these discussions include not only systemic treatment but also palliative care as effective options for doing ‘something.’

Unilateral Facial Pain as The First Symptom of Lung Cancer: Are There Diagnostic Clues?

Cephalalgia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Schoenen ◽  
René Broux ◽  
Gustave Moonen
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Facial Pain ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Digital Clubbing ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
Mediastinal Adenopathy ◽  
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We describe three patients with unilateral facial pain due to non-metastatic lung cancer and review 11 published cases. Pain, most frequently located on the right side and around the ear, as well as digital clubbing can be clues to an early diagnosis. Compression of the vagus nerve by the tumour or by mediastinal adenopathy is most likely responsible for the facial pain and could play a role in pulmonary osteoarthropathy.

scholarly journals Asbestosis Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer: Case Report

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Jin An ◽  
Minjeong Song ◽  
Boksoon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Interstitial Fibrosis ◽  
Lower Lobe ◽  
Lung Lesion ◽  
Cancer Case ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Pleural Thickening ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
The Right ◽  
Thoracoscopic Biopsy

The clinical diagnosis of asbestosis is primarily based on chest radiographic evidence of pleural thickening and interstitial fibrosis combined with a history of exposure to asbestos. We report herein the case of a 65-year-old man with asbestosis pathologically diagnosed after surgical lung biopsy. He had a work history including farming, cementing, and casting and was admitted with dyspnea. Chest computed tomography revealed multiple well-defined nodules in both lungs and a 4.1 cm peribronchial consolidation with fibrotic changes in the right lower lobe. We suspected metastatic lung cancer and video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy was performed in the lung lesion of the right lower lobe. Asbestosis was confirmed following histological examination. The patient is currently completing outpatient visits without significant changes.

scholarly journals Atypical metastatic lung cancer of the right ventricle on FDG PET/CT

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 3569-3573
Author(s):  
James Yuheng Jiang ◽  
Marco Lee ◽  
Christine Kang ◽  
Veronica Chi Ken Wong ◽  
Robert Mansberg
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Right Ventricle ◽  
Fdg Pet ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
The Right ◽  
Fdg Pet Ct

Sleep Disturbances in Metastatic Lung Cancer

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kaous ◽  
D.D. Balachandran ◽  
G. Pacheco ◽  
S.A. Mahoney ◽  
J.N.T. Po ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Lung

Surgical treatment of cerebral metastases from lung cancer

1971 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin E. MacGee
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Operative Mortality ◽  
Cerebral Metastases ◽  
Cerebral Metastasis ◽  
Metastatic Lung Cancer ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intracranial Surgery ◽  
Metastatic Lung ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Results in 27 cases of intracranial surgery for metastatic lung cancer are evaluated with regard to both the quality and duration of survival; 56% of the patients lived more than 1 year, with the longest survivor still living 32 months after operation. The operative mortality was 26%. These data suggest that intracranial surgery is worthwhile in patients with lung cancer when the cerebral metastasis is either solitary or single.

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