[A case of small-cell lung cancer during treatment for active pulmonary tuberculosis after surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer].
A 76-year-old man taking anti-tuberculous drugs for active pulmonary tuberculosis was admitted to our hospital requiring further examination of a pulmonary mass in the left upper lobe. He had had right lower lobectomy and partial middle lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer two years before admission. Retrospectively, the left upper lobe mass had been gradually growing for about 2 months. We performed a transbronchial lung biopsy of the pulmonary mass, and diagnosed small-cell lung cancer. This report describes a rare case of small-cell lung cancer appearing during treatment for active pulmonary tuberculosis after non-small-cell lung cancer surgery.
Kadowaki
Toru
T
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ehime National Hospital, 366 Yokogawara, Shigenobu-cho, Onsengun, Ehime, Japan.
Abe
Masahiro
M
Ishimaru
Sanae
S
Ichigi
Hiraku
H
Nishimura
Kazutaka
K
D000368:Aged; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular