[Two cases of early squamous cell carcinoma of the hilar region of the lung cured by bronchofiberscopic excision].
We experienced two patients with early squamous cell carcinoma at the hilar region of the lung. The carcinoma were completely eliminated by tumor biopsy using a bronchofiberscope. In both cases, there was either pulmonary tuberculosis or a second primary lung cancer (bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma) on the contralateral side. After bronchoscopic excision of the tumor, the patients were closely observed using by repeat bronchoscopy at 5 to 6 week intervals. One patient is free of recurrence at 4.5 years after treatment and is deemed to be cured. The other patient died of recurrence and metastasis from a second primary bronchioloalveolar carcinoma at 1 year and 5 months after treatment, however he had no recurrence of the squamous cell carcinoma.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male