Scientific publications

Dyspnea, oliguria and lower extremities edema in a patient undergoing mediastinic radiotherapy for a non-resectable thymic carcinoma

Mar 1, 2005 | Magazine: Clinical and Translational Oncology

Gil-Bazo I., Azcárate Agüero P., Arbea Moreno L., Moreno Jiménez M., Salgado Pascual J.E., García-Foncillas J., Martín-Algarra S.


In this case report we present the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade of tumor origin.

We explain the clinical investigations for its diagnosis as well as its specific differential diagnosis in cancer patients. The different therapeutic options are also presented together with a brief summary of the thymic carcinoma.

CITATION  Clin Transl Oncol. 2005 Mar;7(2):74-7