Surgical Treatment of Multiple Lung Abscesses with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
- Author:
Do Hyung KIM
1
;
Hyun Min CHO
;
Eun Kyu JOUNG
;
Doo Young KANG
;
Kuk Hee SON
;
Doo Yun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Respiratory Center, Yondong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung abscess;
Carcinoma;
Lung neoplasm
- MeSH:
Adenoids*;
Bronchi;
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic*;
Fever;
Lung Abscess*;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lung*;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2002;35(1):73-76
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a very slowly growing and directly invasive cancer. The treatment of choice is complete surgical resection but if major complications associated with remaining carcinoma occur, aggressive conservative treatment to prevent complication is able to gain long term survival even though remaining carcinoma metastases to other organs. We experienced a case of surgical treatment of uncontrollable fever that caused by multiple lung abscesses due to obstruction of left main bronchus with adenoid cystic carcinoma. The post operative course was uneventful for 4 months to now.
