Palliative chemotherapy in metastatic adrenal carcinoma beyond the first line: a case report and literature review

AbstractPulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare disease. From the insidious onset and nonspecific manifestations, it is difficult to diagnose PLCH. To help improve the diagnosis and therapy options of adult PLCH, we present this case report and literature review about a confusing case of PLCH. In this report, we present a 37-year-old male PLCH case that was negative for CD1a and S100 expression. Smoking cessation and use of prescribed Spiriva appeared to improve the patient’s symptoms. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of PLCH in which improved symptoms were seen with the use of Spiriva alone.The mechanism is not clear, but potentially has some relationship with dilating the airway, decreasing the mucous hypersecretion and promoting anti-inflammatory pathways. From this patient’s case, we may be able to find more cases to then find other first line therapies for PLCH patients.

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Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease ◽

10.4081/monaldi.2013.91 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 80 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gregoriana Zanini ◽

Benedetta Fontanella ◽

Marco Racheli ◽

Monica Bortolotti ◽

Gianfranco Pasini

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Breast Carcinoma ◽

Literature Review ◽

Estrogen Receptors ◽

Tamoxifen Treatment ◽

Neoplastic Disease ◽

Line Treatment ◽

First Line ◽

First Line Treatment

Breast carcinoma is becoming a spread disease that needs a specif teraphy. Tamoxifen is the first line treatment in patients with positivity of expression of estrogen receptors. The risk of thromboembolism is high in patients treated with tamoxifene indipendent from the neoplastic disease. This work focuses the attention on tamoxifen mechanism of thrombosis.

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and salvage surgery for an aldosterone-producing adrenal carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus: Case report and literature review

Asian Journal of Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.asjsur.2012.08.008 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 134-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carlos Rangel ◽

Gabrielle Scattolin ◽

Sergio Renato Pais-Costa ◽

Eduardo Vieira ◽

Eduardo Gaio

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy ◽

Literature Review ◽

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Salvage Surgery ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Adrenal Carcinoma ◽

Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus

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DRESS (drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom) syndrome caused by both first-line and second-line antitubercular medications: A case report with a brief literature review

Allergy Asthma & Respiratory Disease ◽

10.4168/aard.2017.5.2.111 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 111

Author(s):

Young-Hoon Hwang ◽

Dong Yeon Jang ◽

Sung Yoon Kang ◽

Kyung-Hee Sohn ◽

Dong Yoon Kang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Drug Reaction ◽

Case Report ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systemic Symptom ◽

Second Line ◽

First Line

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The arteriovenous hemangioma of the right ventricle: Case report and literature review

Vojnosanitetski pregled ◽

10.2298/vsp171108025m ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 76 (12) ◽

pp. 1301-1303

Author(s):

Aleksandar Mikic ◽

Milos Matkovic ◽

Petar Vukicevic ◽

Biljana Obrenovic-Kircanski ◽

Nemanja Karamarkovic ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Literature Review ◽

Right Ventricle ◽

Surgical Excision ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Benign Tumors ◽

First Line ◽

Complete Surgical Excision ◽

The Right

Introduction. Cardiac hemangiomas of the right ventricle are very rare and mostly asymptomatic benign tumors. The surgical excision is the first line treatment. Case report. We report a case of 69-year-old woman with an asymptomatic arteriovenous hemangioma of the right ventricle. The complete surgical excision was performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass and the patient was discharged on the postoperative day 6 after the uneventral postoperative course. There was no relapse during the six-month followup. Literature review revealed totally 35 cases of this tumors including our case Conclusion. Described procedure can be performed safely with the excellent long-term results.

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