Lung Cancer Surgery in the Early Phase After Acute COVID-19 Pneumonitis.
Ann Thorac Surg
; 113(4): e243-e245, 2022 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1293575
ABSTRACT
A 65-year-old woman was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer in 2020 and scheduled for robotic assisted-left upper lobectomy. Unfortunately, the patient contracted symptomatic COVID-19, resulting in postponement of lung resection. She was admitted for surgery 6 weeks after the acute infection. A preoperative computed tomographic scan showed widespread interstitial pneumonitis. However, the operation went ahead given concerns over tumor progression, albeit with a lesser resection to preserve lung tissue because the patient was slightly hypoxic. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful, and she was discharged 5 days later. Final histology confirmed a fully resected stage T1c N0 M0 adenocarcinoma of the lung.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Adenocarcinoma
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COVID-19
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Thorac Surg
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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