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Mediastinal emphysema and small cell lung cancer (SCLC): a case-report
Christophe Libeer1, Eric Verbeken, Walter De Wever
1Department of Pulmonology, Respiratory Oncology Unit, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|December 18, 2004
Abstract:
We present a case of a 59-year-old man with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who developed heavy thoracic pain because of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema. Autopsy documented a mucosal lesion in the posterior tracheal wall with air leak towards the mediastinum. The occurrence of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema in patients with small cell lung cancer has rarely been described in the literature.
