Case Report
Rapid-Onset Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in a Patient Undergoing Metastatic Liver Resection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
| December 1994 | Diagnosis of breast cancer followed by a resection of the left breast | January 1995–June 1995 | Adjuvant chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, metothrexate, 5-fluoruracil) | January 1995–June 2005 | Tamoxifen | June 2005 | Diagnosis and extirpation of a lymph node metastasis in the left supraclavicular area | July 2005–September 2005 | Radiation of the left supraclavicular area | December 2005 | Diagnosis of a metastasis in the ventral part of the mediastinum with an osteolytic destruction of the breastbone | January 2006–February 2006 | Radiation of the mediastinum | March 2006 | Diagnosis of a liver metastasis (S4a) | March 2006–July 2006 | Chemotherapy (trastuzumab, docetaxel) was followed by a complete remission of the metastasis | July 2006–October 2008 | Monotherapy with trastuzumab | October 2008 | Reappearance of the liver metastasis with a dimension increase | October 2008–March 2009 | Chemotherapeutics were escalated towards lapatinib and capecitabine | March 2009–August 2009 | Dimension decrease of the liver metastasis. Monotherapy with lapatinib due to capecitabine associated hemorrhagic diarrhea. | September 2009 | Left-sided hemihepatectomy followed by an ARDS |
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