[Lung cancer associated with bulla found during an operation of pneumothorax; report of a case].
A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea. His chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) showed right pneumothorax and multiple bullae. His pneumothorax was drained with a chest tube, however, because of a persistent air leak, bullectomy was performed 18 days after the occurrence of pneumothorax. Intraoperatively, we found a palpable tumor in the bulla approximately 10 mm in diameter and resected it with the bullae. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a large cell carcinoma.
Sakai
Shoji
S
Department of Surgery, Saitama Social Insurance Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
Matsuoka
H
H
Tsuwano
S
S
Yoshimizu
N
N
Karahashi
T
T
Hisa
K
K
Hashimoto
M
M
Hosoda
Y
Y
Shimizu
K
K
D001768:Blister / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis