Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer.
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305
- Author:
Chang Seok JEON
1
;
Jhingook KIM
;
Hojoong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. jhingookkim@gmail.com hjk3425@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary Bullae;
Endobronchial valve;
Lung neoplasms
- MeSH:
Emphysema;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms*;
Lung*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2017;50(4):305-307
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Patients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve placement. Subsequently, a cancerous lesion on the contralateral lung was successfully removed by lobectomy.
