[Lung cancer with a cystic lesion formed by the check-valve mechanism].
A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a growing cystic lesion in the left middle field of the lung. After we diagnosed it as non-small cell lung cancer, we performed left upper lobectomy. A series of chest X-ray revealed that the cyst was formed by the check-valve mechanism due to the lung cancer, retrospectively. We should keep in mind the existence of lung cancer and other malignant tumors adjacent to cystic lesions.
Ohi
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.
Matsushita
K
K
Tanioka
F
F
Neyatani
H
H
Suzuki
K
K
Kazui
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy