Pulmonary Pleomorphic Carcinoma Detected as a Result of Pneumothorax and the Subsequent Occurrence of Multiple Cystic Metastases | Zendy

Hideaki Yamakawa | Zendy; Masahiro Yoshida | Zendy; Masami Yabe | Zendy; Yuri Baba | Zendy; Emiri Baba | Zendy; Hiroaki Katagi | Zendy; Takeo Ishikawa | Zendy; Masamichi Takagi | Zendy; Takeo Nakada | Zendy; Tadashi Akiba | Zendy; Kazuyoshi Kuwano | Zendy

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Pulmonary Pleomorphic Carcinoma Detected as a Result of Pneumothorax and the Subsequent Occurrence of Multiple Cystic Metastases

Author(s) -

Hideaki Yamakawa,

Masahiro Yoshida,

Masami Yabe,

Yuri Baba,

Emiri Baba,

Hiroaki Katagi,

Takeo Ishikawa,

Masamichi Takagi,

Takeo Nakada,

Tadashi Akiba,

Kazuyoshi Kuwano

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2014/219273

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , pathological , lung , lesion , complication , carcinoma , metastatic lesion , radiology , surgery , pathology , metastasis , cancer

A 39-year-old man was admitted for spontaneous pneumothorax. He underwent pulmonary resection to correct the lesion causing the air leakage, and a pathological diagnosis of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma was made because we thought that the pneumothorax developed due to the direct rupture of necrotic neoplastic tissue into the pleural cavity. After the operation, the patient received chemotherapy, during which multiple cystic metastases gradually developed in the lung that caused repeated occurrences of pneumothorax. Clinicians must be careful to recognize that pneumothorax can also be a complication of primary and various metastatic pulmonary malignancies.

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