Pulmonary hypertension five years after left pneumonectomy for adenoid cystic carcinoma.

Bloch, K E; Marincek, B; Amann, F W; Russi, E W · Chest · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the findings in a patient with shortness of breath due to pulmonary hypertension five years after left pneumonectomy. Mediastinal recurrence of an incompletely resected and slowly growing adenoid cystic carcinoma of the left main bronchus had encased the right main pulmonary artery.

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