title: [Lung cancer associated with bulla found during an operation of pneumothorax; report of a case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saitama Social Insurance Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuwano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: 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