title: [Small cell lung cancer that appeared as a strange shape on chest X-ray films].
abstract: A 70-year-old man was admitted for diagnosis of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray film. Chest X-ray films and chest tomograms showed a club-like shadow close to the pulmonary artery. The tumor was diagnosed as a small cell lung cancer, after transbronchial biopsy. The patient underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This patient had small cell lung cancer that appeared on chest X-ray films to have a strange shape.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiwada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic