Subcutaneous seeding after ultrasound-guided placement of intrapleural catheter. An unusual complication of the intracavitary palliative treatment of pleural mesothelioma

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 362-364

  Sartori, Sergio ^a   Nielsen, Ingrid ^a   Trevisani, Lucio ^a   Tassinari, Davide ^b   Abbasciano, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intrapleural catheter; Malignant effusions; Malignant seeding; Mesothelioma; Palliative treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032773702     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050276     Document Type: Article

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