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Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol)
; 9(4): 262-3, 1997.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9315403
RESUMO
The case report of a patient known to have metastatic renal cancer and right main bronchus obstruction is presented. During an episode of haemoptysis, the patient expectorated a large fragment of tissue, which proved to be metastatic renal cell cancer. This event produced a right-sided hydropneumothorax with partial re-expansion of the previously collapsed right lung. A chest tube was inserted producing a full re-expansion, following which pleurodesis with tetracycline was performed. To our knowledge, this is the first ever description of spontaneous clearance of a malignant bronchial obstruction.