Spontaneous acute tumor lysis syndrome with advanced gastric cancer.
10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.115
- Author:
In Sook WOO
1
;
Ji Soo KIM
;
Myung Jae PARK
;
Myung Seok LEE
;
Ro Won CHEON
;
Heung Moon CHANG
;
Jin Seok AHN
;
Jung Ae LEE
;
Young Iee PARK
;
Young Seok PARK
;
Jung Won SHIM
;
Ik YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tumor Lysis Syndrome;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Solid Tumor
- MeSH:
Acute Disease;
Adult;
Case Report;
Human;
Male;
Stomach Neoplasms/pathology;
Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy;
Stomach Neoplasms/complications*;
Tumor Lysis Syndrome/therapy*
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2001;16(1):115-118
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Acute tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) occurs frequently in hematologic malignancies such as high-grade lymphomas and acute leukemia, which are rapidly proliferating and chemosensitive tumors. It occurs rarely in solid tumors and has never been reported in gastric adenocarcinoma. Typical biochemical findings of acute tumor lysis syndrome are hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia in patients with a malignancy. Rapid changes of these electrolytes may cause cardiac arrhythmia, seizure, acute renal failure and sudden death. Therefore, as soon as it is detected, it should be taken care of immediately. Until now almost all cases of TLS associated with solid tumor have developed after cytoreductive therapy in chemosensitive tumors. We report here a case of spontaneous acute tumor lysis in a patient of advanced gastric cancer with hepatic metastases and multiple lymphadenopathy. The biochemical finding of TLS improved with the management and tumor burden also showed slight response to the one cycled combination chemotherapy but the patient died of progressive pneumonia.
