[Spontaneous pneumothorax: an uncommon clinical first sign of the bronchial carcinoma (author's transl)].
Seldom the bronchial carcinoma begins with spontaneous pneumothorax. About 20 cases are reported in the literature. A personal observation is described concerning a 63 year old patient with clinical symptoms of spontaneous pneumothorax. The histologic diagnosis was bronchial spinocellular carcinoma.
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography
Pneumotorace spontaneo: esordio clinico inconsueto del carcinoma broncogeno.