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- Title
Solitary Primary Tracheal Small-Cell Lung Cancer Causing Acute Respiratory Failure: Diagnosis and Treatment.
- Authors
Chou-Chin Lan; Mei-Chen Yang; Chih-Hsin Lee; Shiu-Feng Huang; Yao-Kuang Wu
- Abstract
Small-cell lung cancer often presents as an extensive cancer, and rarely as a solitary tracheal tumor. We report a 41-year-old male smoker with dyspnea and wheezing that was initially diagnosed as asthma and treated with bronchodilators. He was later intubated for acute respiratory failure, and computed tomography revealed a tracheal mass. Solitary primary small-cell lung cancer was diagnosed via bronchoscopic biopsy. The patient received bronchoscopic electro-surgery and was successfully extubated. Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy was performed due to the stage IV smallcell lung cancer.
- Subjects
SMALL cell lung cancer; CIGARETTE smokers; ASTHMA diagnosis; SMOKING; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; RADIOTHERAPY; BRONCHODILATOR agents; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2010, Vol 55, Issue 7, p929
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Case Study