Journals / İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi / 2020 / Cilt: 83 - Sayı: 4
HYPONATREMIA AS A FIRST SIGN OF SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A CASE REPORT
- Pages
- 451–453
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Abstract
A 62-year- old woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus was admitted to the emergency department because of headache, weakness, insomnia and impaired balance. Severe hyponatremia was detected and patient was admitted to the hospital. The drugs that could lead to hyponatremia were stopped. Additional investigations were made because of the persistence of hyponatremia. After the diagnosis of inappropriate ADH syndrome computed tomography of the chest was performed which revealed a pulmonary mass. The histopathological test revealed small-cell carcinoma of the lung.
Özet
Hipertansiyon ve diyabetes mellitus tanıları olan altmış iki yaşındaki kadın hasta; halsizlik, uykusuzluk, dengesizlik ve baş ağrısı yakınmaları ile acil servise başvurdu. Yapılan tetkiklerinde ciddi hiponatremi saptanan ve hastaneye yatırılan hasta hiponatremiye yol açabilecek ilaçları kesilerek takip edildi. Hiponatremisi devam eden hastada yapılan incelemelerde uygunsuz antidiüretik hormon (ADH) sendromu saptanarak çekilen torax tomografisinde akciğerde kitle tespit edildi ve histopatolojik inceleme akciğerin küçük hücreli karsinomu olarak rapor edildi.