Squamous cell carcinoma in a postpneumonectomy cavity.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 55-year-old woman was referred to our department with the diagnosis of a bronchopleural fistula and empyema. Her medical history revealed that she had undergone a left pneumonectomy 25 years prior due to a destroyed lung associated with tuberculosis. Open drainage and a biopsy was performed because of the large mass detected on thoracic computed tomography. Postoperative pathology revealed squamous cell carcinoma.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cicatrix, Hypertrophic
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pneumonectomy