[Successful treatment of hemopneumothorax with intrapleural OK432 in pulmonary metastases of cutaneous angiosarcoma].

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman with angiosarcoma of the scalp was treated with radiation and interleukin 2. The patient experienced dyspnea one month later because of pulmonary metastases, and underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for a right pneumothorax. Right hemopneumothorax recurred 3 weeks after the surgery and left hemopneumothorax occurred 4 months later. Both were successfully treated with intrapleural OK432 and drainage. As of March 1995 the patient had been alive and well for one year since the right pneumothorax developed.

• Authors: T Takizawa, T Koike, H Akamatsu
• Journal: Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi (Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi) Vol. 33 Issue 11 Pg. 1334-7 (Nov 1995) ISSN: 0301-1542 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 8583732 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Picibanil

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Antineoplastic Agents (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Female
• Hemangiosarcoma (secondary, therapy)
• Hemopneumothorax (etiology, therapy)
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (secondary, therapy)
• Picibanil (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Pleura
• Skin Neoplasms (pathology)