A Case of Node-bronchial Fistula by Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
10.4046/trd.2010.68.4.231
- Author:
Seo Woo KIM
1
;
Hyun Kyung KIM
;
Sung Joung JEUN
;
Hye Sung PARK
;
Jung Hyun JANG
;
Jin Hwa LEE
;
Yon Ju RYU
;
Sung Shin SIM
;
Eun Mi CHUN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cem@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bronchial Fistula;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lymph Nodes
- MeSH:
Bronchial Fistula;
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung;
Fistula;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Male;
Pneumonia;
Thoracic Cavity;
Thorax;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2010;68(4):231-235
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Lymphadenopathy in the thoracic cavity is frequently caused by inflammatory diseases. In very rare cases, the node-bronchial fistula has been reported to be the cause of complications of pulmonary tuberculosis. A male patient with necrotizing pneumonia and mediastinal lymph node enlargements identified by chest computed tomography was also found to have a node-bronchial fistula caused by lung cancer. The patient was treated for tuberculosis with pneumonia for one week before a definitive diagnosis was made. A further investigation revealed him to have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC, adenocarcinoma) and multiple mediastinal lymphadenopathies accompanied with the node-bronchial fistula. We report this specific case that had been previously treated for tuberculosis but was later revealed to be NSCLC accompanied with a node-bronchial fistula.
