Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, 50 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, USA.
Med Oncol. 2013;30(3):669. doi: 10.1007/s12032-013-0669-6. Epub 2013 Jul 20.
Prompt identification and treatment of life-threatening oncological conditions is of utmost importance and should always be included in the differential diagnosis. Oncological emergencies can have a myriad of presentations ranging from mechanical obstruction due to tumor growth to metabolic conditions due to abnormal secretions from the tumor. Notably, hematologic and infectious conditions may complicate the presentation of oncological emergencies. Advanced testing and imaging is generally required to recognize these serious presentations of common malignancies. Early diagnosis and treatment of these conditions can significantly affect the patient's clinical outcome.
及时识别和治疗危及生命的肿瘤急症至关重要，应始终包含在鉴别诊断中。肿瘤急症的表现多种多样，从肿瘤生长引起的机械性梗阻到肿瘤异常分泌导致的代谢异常等。值得注意的是，血液学和感染性疾病可能使肿瘤急症的表现复杂化。通常需要先进的检查和影像学来识别这些常见恶性肿瘤的严重表现。早期诊断和治疗这些情况可以显著影响患者的临床结局。
