자연기흉 수술 중 발견된 폐암의 수술치험 1예 -1예 보고-

Lung Cancer Incidentally Found on Surgery of Spontaneous Pneumothorax -A case report-

  • Kim, Mi-Jung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Song, Chang-Min (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Jung, Sung-Chol (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Woo-Shik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Shin, Yong-Chul (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Yul (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center)
  • 발행 : 2006.12.05

초록

자발성 기흉이 원발성 폐암의 초발 소견으로 나타나는 경우는 드물다. 이러한 경우 폐암은 진행된 경우가 많아 수술적 치료를 시행하더라도 예후가 안 좋은 경우가 많다. 과거 폐결핵을 앓았던 65세 남자 환자가 다수하 자발성 기흉으로 비디오흉강경을 이용한 폐기포 절제술 중 우연히 파열된 공동이 발견되어 동결절편으로 조직 생검한 결과 편평 상피 세포암으로 진단되었다. 폐종양은 상엽에서 폐열을 지나 하엽으로까지 침윤된 상태라 폐전절제술이 시행되었고 병리조직 병기는 stage I(T2N0M0) 이었다. 수술 이후 1년 6개월간 추적관찰상 재발이나 합병증은 없었다. 40대 이상의 흡연력이 있거나 만성기관지염, 폐기종이 있는 폐암 고위험군에서 자발성 기흉이 생긴 경우에 폐암의 가능성을 염두에 두고 객담세포검사, 기관지경 검사 및 흉부 CT촬영을 시행해서 기저 폐질환에 대한 세심한 관찰이 필요하며 지속적인 공기 누출이 있는 경우 흉강경 수술 등 보다 적극적인 접근이 필요하다.

Spontaneous pneumothorax is rarely occurred as an initial sign of primary lung cancer. As a lot of these cases have already advanced, even then surgical resection is performed, the prognosis is often undesirable, We happened to find a ruptured cavity on a 65-year-old male patient who had suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis in the past, while performing VATS bullectomy for simple spontaneous pneumothorax, Then, as a result of frozen biopsy, it was diagnosed as squamous cell cancer Because the tumor was infiltrated from the upper lobe into the lower lobe passing by fissure, we should remove by pneumonectomy and the pathologic stage was found stage I(T2N0M0). When we made an follow-up observation for one year and a half, there was neither relapse nor complication. When there appears spontaneous pneumothorax to the high risk group for lung cancer who were smokers over forty-year old, with chronic bronchitis or pulmonary emphysema, it needs to have a closer observation on a base lung disease such as lung cancer through chest CT, and it is also necessary to make more active approach by performing the surgical operation through a thoracoscopy when there is a continued air release.

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