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http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2010.68.4.231

A Case of Node-bronchial Fistula by Non-small Cell Lung Cancer  

Kim, Seo-Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Kim, Hyun-Kyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Jeun, Sung-Joung (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Park, Hye-Sung (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Jang, Jung-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Lee, Jin-Hwa (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Ryu, Yon-Ju (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Sim, Sung-Shin (Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
Chun, Eun-Mi (Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.68, no.4, 2010 , pp. 231-235 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Bronchial Fistula; Lung Neoplasms; Lymph Nodes;
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