Open AccessLung carcinoma associated with bullous lung disease in young men
Author(s) -
Dixie J. Aronberg,
S S Sagel,
S S Lefrak,
Christian Kühn,
Noah Susman
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.134.2.249
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , lung disease , disease , lung cancer , cigarette smoking , carcinoma , population , dermatology , environmental health
Over a 6 year period, three cases of pulmonary carcinoma in young men with severe bullous lung disease were seen at Washington University Medical Center. The patients did not have a long cigarette-smoking exposure. It would seem that patients with severe bullous lung disease are at a higher risk for the development of pulmonary neoplasm than the general population. Physicians should be aware of this association to expedite diagnosis and therapy.