Khaled Halima
Lecturer of chest diseases Al-Azhar University
Personal history:
►Male patient .►53 years old.
►Born, living in Eldarrasa. ►Married for 20 year .
►Electrical engineering. ►Heavy Smoker.
I
2 Months
II
1.5 Months
III
1Month
VI
2 Weeks
1/11/2009 …. 31/3/2010
Stages
Stage 1
►Pain in both heels.
1/11/2009----1/1/2010
►Swelling of both lower limbs up to both knees.
►Bluish discoloration of skin .
Treated with :1) Brufen 400mg 1x22) Augmentin 625mg 1x3
Referral to vascular physician
1) Colchicine tab 1x3 2) Marevan 5mg tab 1x13) Aspocid 75mg 2x1 4) Anti-cox cap 1x25) Thrombophob cream 1x2
Received the following medications :
New symptoms:
-Migrating pain and bluish discoloration of the skin appeared in both upper limbs.
-Increased bluish discoloration of skin up to the thighs.
What are the possibilities?
1- Cellulitis?
2- Vasculitis?
3- Local cause?Trauma V.V. I.V. Inject.
4- Burger’s Disease?
What investigations do you suggest?
1-X-ray for both feet
2-Duplex for both LL.
3-ESR.
Normal
Superficial thrombophlibitis in GSV ( Great Saphenous Veins ) in both limbs more in left side with no evidence of DVT.
125
4 . ANA, ANCA, AntiDS DNA Negative
7-Renal function test.
6-Liver function test.
5-Complete blood count.HB 13.4 PLT 507 TLC 14.7
ISuperficial
Thrombophlibitis
2 Months
Partial improvement
Stage II
Pleuritic chest pain in left side.
1/1/2010-------20/2/2010
Haemoptysis.
Referral to chest physician
What Investigations do you suggest?
■ Coagulation profile.
Coagulation profile
Complete blood count
Liver, Renal function test
■ Chest X Ray P.A View 21/1/2010 4/2/2010
Pulmonary embolism involving the left lower lobar pulmonary artery & its anterior & lateral segmental branches with consequent left lower lobar pulmonary consolidation (likely an infarction & left sided mild pleural effusion).
CT Pulmonary Angiography
CT Pulmonary Angiography10/2/2010
- Pulmonary emboli at the posterior & medial segmental branches of the right lower lobar pulmonary artery.
Decision:
Pulmonary Embolism.
ISuperficial
Thrombophlibitis
2 Months
IIPulmonaryEmbolism
1.5 Months
Stage III
Fever .Productive Cough.Dyspnea of gradual onset, progressive course, increased with mild exertion .
20/2/2010----18/3/2010
20/2/2010
Developed:
Marked Dyspnea.Fever Subsided.
7/3/2010 8/3/2010
Before Aspiration After Aspiration
Simple aspiration was done>>
Haemorrahgic in nature.
Marked loss of weight. Haemoptysis. Dyspnea at rest.Chest pain, severe back pain that decreased with potent analgesics.
New Symptoms
Decision???
2- X-ray: Massive left sided pleural effusion.
investigated by :
1- (INR: 9) So oral anti-coagulant was stopped.
15/3/2010
So thoracocentesis was done
4400 ml was aspirated by multiple sessions
3-Marevan toxicity?
What the cause of pleural effusion??
1-Pulmonary embolism?
2-Pneumonia?
5 -Non of the above?
4-Trauma?
ISuperficial
Thrombophlibitis
2 Months
IIPulmonaryEmbolism
1.5 Months
IIIPleuralEffusion
1Month
Reevaluation
Stage IV
progression of the previous symptoms
18/3/2010……31/3/2010
Thoracoscope was done
(multiple pleural nodule was seen & taken as biopsies) & another 1500 ml. of haemorrahgic effusion was aspirated) .
Result
18/3/2010
Marked loss of weight.Loss of appetite , cachexia .Marked dyspnea , orthopnea, cyanosis.Psychological depression.Generalized bone ache.
New symptoms
Malignant infiltrating adenocarcinoma versus epithelial mesothilioma for immunophenotyping .
Immunophenotyping reaveled that it is adenocarcinoma.
Immunophenotyping reaveled that it is adenocarcinoma
ISuperficial
Thrombophlibitis
2 Months
IIPulmonaryEmbolism
1.5 Months
IIIPleuralEffusion
1Month
VIAdenocarcinoma
2 Weeks
How???
Superficial Thrombophlibitis
Pulmonary Embolism
Massive Pleural effusion
Adenocarcinoma
CAUSES OF SUREFICIAL THROMBOPHELEBITIS
HEMATOLOGIC SYNDROMES:
Most hematologic syndromes associated with lung tumors are not as well characterized as the endocrine syndromes, because the ectopic hormone responsible for the syndrome has not been identified in most tumor tissues.
In many of the hematologic syndromes, such as granulocytosis and thrombocytosis, clinical sequelae are often absent. As with the endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes, the most appropriate therapy for the hematologic syndromes is the treatment of the underlying neoplasm.
Granulocytosis
Non–small-cell lung cancer is the most common cancer associated with granulocytosis. Twenty percent of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer have granulocytosis, with absolute white blood counts ranging from 10,100 to 25,000 (normal range is 4000 to 10,000).
Although granulocyte colony– stimulating activity can be demonstrated in serum and/or urine in 80 percent of patients, the specific peptide hormone causing the syndrome has not been identified.
Tumor production of granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-monocyte colony–stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown in a minority of patients.
Clinical:
All patients with lung cancer who present with tumor - associated granulocytosis are asymptomatic.
Diagnosis:
- The diagnosis is suggested by the presence of an increased white blood count in which neutrophils predominate without immature forms, in the absence of non neoplastic causes.
- An increased leukocyte alkaline phosphatase score and a normal bone marrow are consistent with this diagnosis.
Thrombocytosis:
Thrombocytosis is common in patients with lung cancer, afflicting 40 percent of patients with both non–small-cell and small-cell tumors.
Pathogenesis:
The pathogenesis of thrombocytosis in patients with lung cancer has not been totally explained.
IL-6, which is a cytokine for megakaryocytes, has been demonstrated in cell lines from patients with lung cancer and thrombocytosis, and increased levels of IL-6 have been demonstrated in the plasma of such patients.
The recent identification of the thrombopoietin gene should lead to a better understanding of the role of this protein in paraneoplastic thrombocytosis.
Clinical:
Patients with thrombocytosis are nearly always asymptomatic and do not have an increased incidence of thromboembolism.
The diagnosis of cancer-associated thrombocytosis is suggested by an increased platelet count (above 500,000/mm2) in a patient with newly diagnosed lung cancer.
A primary myeloproliferative disorder can be excluded only by a bone marrow biopsy.
Thromboembolism:
Twenty percent of patients with lung cancer develop venous thrombo embolism during the course of their disease. Twenty percent of patients who present with recurrent idiopathic venous thrombosis are found to have an underlying diagnosis of cancer.
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