Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy combined to iterative cytoreductive surgery to treat a pleural carcinosis from psudomixoma peritonei. A case report

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021 Jan;25(1):362-365. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202101_24403.

Abstract

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is an uncommon disease with locally-invasive attitude. Intrathoracic spread is rarely reported and its management extremely challenging. A 51-year-old Caucasian female presented with left pleural carcinosis 9-months after two sequential abdominal surgical procedures combined with HIPEC for low-grade PMP. Cytoreductive surgery (pleurectomy/decortication) was followed by 60-minutes hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy mitomycin-C (215 mg/m2) infusing at same temperature (42°C) and intrapleural pression (2-4 mmH2O). No intra-operative complication occurred, the post-op stay was uneventful and no sign of recurrence was observed 9-months after surgery. Cytoreductive thoracic surgery and hyperthermic chemotherapy (HITHOC) could be a feasible therapeutic option in very selected cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperthermia, Induced*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Mitomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / therapy*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Mitomycin