Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma

Endobronchial metastasis of leiomyosarcoma is rare, but it can cause life-threatening complications, such as massive hemoptysis, respiratory failure or even death. The development of new endoscopic modalities allows for effective endobronchial management. We report three patients with endobronchial...

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Main Authors:	Kim, Soo Jung, Kim, Junghyun, Park, Ju-Hee, Lee, Ae-Ra, Lee, Jung-Kyu, Kim, Tae Min, Park, Young Sik
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884113/

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spelling	pubmed-38841132014-01-10 Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma Kim, Soo Jung Kim, Junghyun Park, Ju-Hee Lee, Ae-Ra Lee, Jung-Kyu Kim, Tae Min Park, Young Sik Case Report Endobronchial metastasis of leiomyosarcoma is rare, but it can cause life-threatening complications, such as massive hemoptysis, respiratory failure or even death. The development of new endoscopic modalities allows for effective endobronchial management. We report three patients with endobronchial metastases from advanced leiomyosarcomas which caused bronchial obstruction. The bronchoscopic examinations revealed masses obstructing the left main bronchus in all three patients. After removing the endobronchial tumor via interventional bronchoscopy, there was symptomatic and radiologic improvement. Moreover, the patients were able to undergo additional palliative chemotherapy. Therefore, endobronchial management of endobronchial tumors should be considered in the treatment of endobronchial metastasis, even in patients with advanced malignancies. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013-12 2013-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3884113/ /pubmed/24416056 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.6.250 Text en Copyright©2013. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ It is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
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author	Kim, Soo Jung Kim, Junghyun Park, Ju-Hee Lee, Ae-Ra Lee, Jung-Kyu Kim, Tae Min Park, Young Sik
spellingShingle	Kim, Soo Jung Kim, Junghyun Park, Ju-Hee Lee, Ae-Ra Lee, Jung-Kyu Kim, Tae Min Park, Young Sik Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
author_facet	Kim, Soo Jung Kim, Junghyun Park, Ju-Hee Lee, Ae-Ra Lee, Jung-Kyu Kim, Tae Min Park, Young Sik
author_sort	Kim, Soo Jung
title	Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
title_short	Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
title_full	Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
title_fullStr	Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
title_full_unstemmed	Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma
title_sort	adjuvant treatment of proper endobronchial management in leiomyosarcoma
description	Endobronchial metastasis of leiomyosarcoma is rare, but it can cause life-threatening complications, such as massive hemoptysis, respiratory failure or even death. The development of new endoscopic modalities allows for effective endobronchial management. We report three patients with endobronchial metastases from advanced leiomyosarcomas which caused bronchial obstruction. The bronchoscopic examinations revealed masses obstructing the left main bronchus in all three patients. After removing the endobronchial tumor via interventional bronchoscopy, there was symptomatic and radiologic improvement. Moreover, the patients were able to undergo additional palliative chemotherapy. Therefore, endobronchial management of endobronchial tumors should be considered in the treatment of endobronchial metastasis, even in patients with advanced malignancies.
publisher	The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
publishDate	2013
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884113/
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Adjuvant Treatment of Proper Endobronchial Management in Leiomyosarcoma

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