Lung Cancer Surgery in the Early Phase After Acute COVID-19 Pneumonitis.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.016 and PMC identifier 8247196.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- COVID-19
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pneumonia