{"id":89,"date":"2018-09-12T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/2018\/09\/12\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T08:00:40","slug":"imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lung cancer patients often experience potentially life-threatening medical urgencies and emergencies. Since early diagnosis is important for adequate patient management and prognosis, radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and communicating these urgencies and emergencies. This pictorial review addresses the most common thoracic, neurological and musculoskeletal medical emergencies in lung cancer patients and focuses on imaging findings, the role of different imaging techniques and a brief discussion of epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapeutic options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching points<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Multiplanar multidetector computed tomography is the imaging examination of choice for thoracic urgencies and emergencies.<br \/>\n\u2022 Magnetic resonance imaging is the imaging modality of choice for investigating central nervous system emergencies.<br \/>\n\u2022 Urgencies and emergencies can be the initial manifestation of lung cancer.<br \/>\n\u2022 Radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and in communicating these urgencies\/emergencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13244-018-0605-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in the lung cancer patient<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors<\/strong>: Bruno De Potter, Jef Huyskens, Birgitta Hiddinga, Maarten Spinhoven, Annelies Janssens, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Paul M. Parizel, Annemie Snoeckx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lung cancer patients often experience potentially life-threatening medical urgencies and emergencies. Since early diagnosis is important for adequate patient management and prognosis, radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and communicating these urgencies and emergencies. This pictorial review addresses the most common thoracic, neurological and musculoskeletal medical emergencies in lung cancer patients and focuses on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lung cancer patients often experience potentially life-threatening medical urgencies and emergencies. Since early diagnosis is important for adequate patient management and prognosis, radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and communicating these urgencies and emergencies. This pictorial review addresses the most common thoracic, neurological and musculoskeletal medical emergencies in lung cancer patients and focuses on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Insights into Imaging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1004\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"devsk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"devsk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"devsk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f\"},\"headline\":\"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Highlights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/\",\"name\":\"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg\",\"width\":1504,\"height\":1004},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/highlights\\\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/\",\"name\":\"Insights into Imaging\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f\",\"name\":\"devsk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"devsk\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.myesr.org\\\/insights-imaging\\\/author\\\/devsk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging","og_description":"Lung cancer patients often experience potentially life-threatening medical urgencies and emergencies. Since early diagnosis is important for adequate patient management and prognosis, radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and communicating these urgencies and emergencies. This pictorial review addresses the most common thoracic, neurological and musculoskeletal medical emergencies in lung cancer patients and focuses on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/","og_site_name":"Insights into Imaging","article_published_time":"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1504,"height":1004,"url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"devsk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"devsk","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/"},"author":{"name":"devsk","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f"},"headline":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer","datePublished":"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg","articleSection":["Highlights"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/","url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/","name":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer - Insights into Imaging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-12T08:00:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/https-_mailer.netkey.at_mailing-images_esr_sci_e20ec284-85ca-11e8-870b-005056b736a9_lungs_doc-patient_small.jpg","width":1504,"height":1004},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/imaging-urgencies-emergencies-patients-lung-cancer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/","name":"Insights into Imaging","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0037141ecf4639286bd117d53c7f8f","name":"devsk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ee8d4f6e30c151a9fa73266563f66052dc70da05f90a1df876c0269843f9ecb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"devsk"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/journals.myesr.org"],"url":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/author\/devsk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}