| Qiang Yao,Yan Zhou,Chun-Ni Xun,Ke Min,Jun Jin. Epinephrine use during chemotherapy to treat severe tracheal stenosis secondary to advanced esophageal cancer: A case report and review of the literature. Oncol Transl Med, 2016, 2: 239-241. |
| Epinephrine use during chemotherapy to treat severe tracheal stenosis secondary to advanced esophageal cancer: A case report and review of the literature |
| Received:May 18, 2016 Revised:September 22, 2016 |
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| KeyWord:tracheal stenosis; dyspnea; esophageal cancer; epinephrine |
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| Abstract: |
| Dyspnea from tracheal stenosis due to compression by a tumor is an emergency that complicates therapy
in oncology. We report a case of advanced esophageal cancer in a 56-year-old male who developed severe dyspnea due to airway compression by mediastinal lymph node enlargement. We used epinephrine
by subcutaneous injection and aerosol inhalation to temporarily relieve dyspnea while the patient received
bevacizumab and chemotherapy. The dyspnea had subsided considerably after 5 days, and the mediastinal lymph nodes were significantly reduced after 2 cycles of chemotherapy. However, the patient died of
massive tracheal hemorrhage 2 months later. |
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