Endobronchial metastases from a primary embryonal carcinoma

We report the case of a 24‐year‐old man who presented with chief complaints of shortness of breath and haemoptysis; chest radiography revealed complete collapse of the left lung. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial tumour with complete obstruction of the left main bronchus. Cryosurgical excision...

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Published inRespirology case reports Vol. 8; no. 7; pp. e00644 - n/a
Main Authors Teng, Chi‐Kang, Cheng, Wen‐Chien, Chen, Chieh‐Lung, Chen, Ting‐Han, Lin, Yun‐Shan, Tu, Chih‐Yen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.10.2020
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Anesthesia
Biomarkers
Biopsy
Bronchoscopy
Case Report
Case Reports
Clinical medicine
Cryosurgery
embryonal carcinoma
endobronchial metastases
endobronchial tumour
Lung cancer
Metastasis
Pathology
Patients
Radiography
Thyroid gland
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Tumors
endobronchial tumour
embryonal carcinoma
Cryosurgery
endobronchial metastases
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Summary:We report the case of a 24‐year‐old man who presented with chief complaints of shortness of breath and haemoptysis; chest radiography revealed complete collapse of the left lung. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial tumour with complete obstruction of the left main bronchus. Cryosurgical excision was performed; tissue pathology confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic embryonal carcinoma. The patient underwent a right orchiectomy followed by a bleomycin + etoposide + cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy regimen. In this report, we present a case of endobronchial metastases from a primary embryonal carcinoma.
Bibliography:Associate Editor: James Ho
ISSN:2051-3380
2051-3380
DOI:10.1002/rcr2.644