Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine (Jun 2019)

Endotracheal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

  • Giacomo Ghinassi,
  • Pasquale Imitazione,
  • Alfonso Pecoraro,
  • Luciano B. G. Montella,
  • Paola Martucci,
  • Raffaella Giacobbe,
  • Campione Severo,
  • Domenico Aronne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40248-019-0182-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract We describe the case of a 75 years old patient with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma, with acute respiratory failure due to tracheal obstruction by metastasis, successfully treated with airway disobstruction with rigid bronchoscope.