title: Lung squamous cell carcinoma in a young female never smoker: a case report.
abstract: A lung squamous cell carcinoma complicated by lung abscess was found in a 38-year-old female never smoker. After a transbronchial lung biopsy, she complained of chest pain and had a persistent fever. A right middle lobectomy was performed to alleviate her symptoms and complete surgical resection was achieved. She reported no exposure to factors that increase the likelihood of lung cancer. Unknown factors or the patient's lung cancer susceptibility might cause the disease. Survival time is generally shorter in young patients than old patients, but careful observation and aggressive treatment can improve prognoses. A case such as this is rare in the extant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomii
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katakami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome