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Spontaneous pneumothorax complicating lung metastasis from lingual carcinoma
K Yamazaki1, K Sugio, T Sakada
1Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. yamazaki@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal : SCJ
|December 3, 1998
Abstract:
We report a patient with pneumothorax caused by a metastatic tumour from carcinoma of the tongue, which had given rise to a bronchopleural fistula with subsequent induction of pneumothorax. Although rare, pulmonary metastasis should be considered in the aetiology of spontaneous pneumothorax. Despite advanced disease, surgical treatment may be feasible.