A Case of Locally Advanced Well-Differentiated Fetal Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 226-230, 2013.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-78906
ABSTRACT
Fetal adenocarcinoma is a rare adenocarcinoma subtype of pulmonary blastoma. A 48-year-old male patient is being referred to our hospital due to progressive dyspnea. A chest X-ray showed a lung mass of unknown origin that was obstructing the right main bronchus. After relieving the airway obstruction with stent insertion via bronchoscopy, a diagnosis of fetal adenocarcinoma is being confirmed through thoracoscopic biopsy. Due to the locally advanced state of the lung cancer, it seemed to be inoperable, and concurrent chemo-radiation therapy was being administered with docetaxel. The stent was removed after improvements in the airway obstruction followed by a lung mass shrinkage. Comparing to other contexts which describe fetal adenocarcinoma as lower grade malignancy with low-associated mortality, herein, we describe a case of locally-advanced fetal adenocarcinoma (T4N3M0). This is the first documented case being treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy. The followed-up image studies represent a partial response and the patient is currently under further observations.
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Main subject:
Thorax
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Biopsy
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Bronchi
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Bronchoscopy
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Adenocarcinoma
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Stents
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Pulmonary Blastoma
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Taxoids
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Airway Obstruction
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Dyspnea
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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