[A case of bronchial gland cell-type adenocarcinoma with relapsed pneumonia and hemoptysis].
We report a case of bronchial gland cell-type adenocarcinoma with recurrent pneumonia and hemoptysis. After persistent hemoptysis since the summer of 1999, a 26-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of bacterial pneumonia of the left lower lobe in March 2000. Treatments with antibiotics resulted in only a transient improvement of the pneumonia, and so she was re-admitted for an investigation of the recurrent pneumonia accompanied with hemoptysis. Bronchofiberscopy revealed a polypoid lesion at the orifice on the left B10 bronchus. Although the microscopic examination of the biopsied specimens showed only non-specific inflammatory changes, a left lower lobectomy was performed. The pathological examination of the resected lung confirmed that the polypoid region was bronchial gland cell type adenocarcinoma at the stage of pT1N0M0.
Uchino
Junji
J
Respiratory Department, Kyushu Welfare Pension Hospital.
Nakano
Hiroyuki
H
Nakano
Ryuji
R
Ohshima
Tsukasa
T
Manabe
Hideo
H
Nakanishi
Yoichi
Y
Hara
Nobuyuki
N
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence