title: [A small cell lung cancer shadow resembling beads on chest radiographs].
abstract: We present a case of small cell lung cancer whose shadow resembles bead son chest radiographs. An 81-year-old woman who had been receiving treatment from her doctor for pulmonary emphysema and chronic respiratory failure consulted our department because a small nodular shadow had been detected radiographically in the right lower lung field. The bead-like shadows in the radiographs and tomograms extended from the periphery of the right lower lobe to the pulmonary hilum. This case of small cell lung cancer appeared in chest radiographs to have an unusual shape.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Oita National Hospital, Yokota 2-11-45, Oita, 870-0263, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uenishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nasu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed