Pleural and pericardial effusions in patient on tyrosine kinase inhibitor

A 73-year-old female with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypothyroidism, gout, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and remote breast cancer presented with abdominal pain and was found to have concurrent gastric (gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)) and asymptomatic anterior mediastinal (thymoma) masses. Adjuvant treatment with imatinib, a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI), was initiated one month after the gastric GIST resection.
Source: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research