Zusammenfassung
Wir berichten über einen 69-jährigen Patienten, der mit progredienter Dyspnoe und
Hämoptysen unter dem Verdacht auf ein Bronchialkarzinom stationär eingewiesen wurde.
Der Patient verstarb am 12. Behandlungstag unter dem klinischen Verdacht auf das Vorliegen
einer fulminanten Lungenembolie an den Folgen eines Rechtsherzversagens. Die Autopsie
erbrachte den Nachweis von disseminierten mikroskopischen pulmonalen Tumorzellembolien
auf dem Boden eines bronchogenen Adenokarzinoms des linken Oberlappens mit Befall
der mediastinalen Lymphknoten. Hinweise auf eine venöse Thrombembolie ergaben sich
nicht. Wenn bei Tumorpatienten mit Dyspnoe das Röntgenbild die Symptomatik nicht ausreichend
erklärt, sollte frühzeitig an das Vorliegen von Tumorembolien gedacht werden, um im
Zweifelsfalle eine belastende Diagnostik oder falsche Therapie vermeiden zu können.
Abstract
A 69-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea, hemoptysis and fatigue for the
previous 4 weeks. Chest radiograph and CT-scan were suggestive of lung cancer. The
patient's condition worsened and within in few days he developed respiratory failure
and acute cor pulmonale. Despite intensive care measures directed at suspected lung
thromboembolism, the patient died on day 12. Autopsy revealed disseminated obstruction
of small pulmonary arteries by microscopic tumor emboli. No signs of venous thromboembolism
were found. Pulmonary tumor microembolism should be considered whenever a patient
with malignancy presents with unexplained progressive dyspnea or pulmonary hypertension.
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Dr. Georg Kanzow
Krankenhaus Großhansdorf · Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie
Wöhrendamm 80
22927 Großhansdorf