Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung
A 15 year-old adolescent was referred with 2 month history of worsening of breathlessness and haemoptysis. He also reported constitutional symptoms of fever, poor appetite and weight loss. The chest roentgenogram showed a massive right pleural effusion with apparent cardiomegaly. The cardiac silhoue...
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| author | Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid |
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| description | A 15 year-old adolescent was referred with 2 month history of worsening of breathlessness and haemoptysis. He also reported constitutional symptoms of fever, poor appetite and weight loss. The chest roentgenogram showed a massive right pleural effusion with apparent cardiomegaly. The cardiac silhouette over the right heart border was obliterated and the mediastinum was widened. Computed tomogram of the thorax showed a bulky heterogeneous mass in the right lung with extension to the heart. Subsequent CT guided lung biopsy revealed Primitive Neuroectodermal tumour (PNET). Here, we illustrate the clinical course of an aggressive pulmonary PNET with lethal cardiac metastasis. |
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| spelling | iium-51032013-06-26T07:52:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5103/ Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid R Medicine (General) RB Pathology RC254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) A 15 year-old adolescent was referred with 2 month history of worsening of breathlessness and haemoptysis. He also reported constitutional symptoms of fever, poor appetite and weight loss. The chest roentgenogram showed a massive right pleural effusion with apparent cardiomegaly. The cardiac silhouette over the right heart border was obliterated and the mediastinum was widened. Computed tomogram of the thorax showed a bulky heterogeneous mass in the right lung with extension to the heart. Subsequent CT guided lung biopsy revealed Primitive Neuroectodermal tumour (PNET). Here, we illustrate the clinical course of an aggressive pulmonary PNET with lethal cardiac metastasis. Springer Netherlands 2011-01-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5103/1/21213128 application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5103/2/PNET.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid (2011) Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung. Pathology Oncology Research : POR, 17 (3). pp. 771-774. ISSN 1532-2807 http://www.springerlink.com/ DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9328-9 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RB Pathology RC254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title | Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title_full | Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title_short | Cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| title_sort | cardiac metastasis: a rare involvement of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the lung |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RB Pathology RC254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) |
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