[Atypical case of bronchus carcinoma]

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2008 Dec 3;97(24):1301-3. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157.97.24.1301.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Bronchuscarcinoma ist the most frequent death cause with tumor patients. At time of diagnosis the stadium is often already advanced, the patient is inoperable. We present a patient (non-smoker) with polydipsia, visual troubles and polyuria. The lab results confirmed diabetes insipidus, but the following x-rays proved multiple intracerebral spots. And also multiple spots in the lungs, the mediastinum, in the liver, the coloumn and the adrenals. Histological diagnosis was non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antidiuretic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Carboplatin / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / pathology
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / therapeutic use
  • Diabetes Insipidus / complications
  • Diabetes Insipidus / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Insipidus / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms* / mortality
  • Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Palliative Care
  • Polyuria / complications
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Vinblastine / administration & dosage
  • Vinblastine / analogs & derivatives
  • Vinblastine / therapeutic use
  • Vinorelbine

Substances

  • Antidiuretic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Vinblastine
  • Carboplatin
  • Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
  • Vinorelbine