[Small cell lung cancer that appeared as a strange shape on chest X-ray films].
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.
Fujino
S
S
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kohno
N
N
Fujioka
S
S
Hamada
H
H
Inoue
Y
Y
Yokoyama
A
A
Hiwada
K
K
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