"Web-like obstruction"--a sign of regional complete remission after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in small cell lung cancer.
Two patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) developed "web-like" mucosa that obstructed bronchi after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. It seemed that the orifice of the bronchi had disappeared. Since the patients were free of local recurrence and the histologic findings of "web-like" mucosa were negative for malignancy, we believe that "web-like obstruction" was additional sign of regional complete remission of SCLC after concurrent chemoradiotherapy.
First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
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Hanada
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Ogura
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Isobe
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Dosaka-Akita
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Yamazaki
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Watanabe
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Kawakami
D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents