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

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Kim, Seo Woo¹  Kim, Hyun Kyung¹  Jeun, Sung Joung¹  Park, Hye Sung¹  Jang, Jung Hyun¹  Lee, Jin Hwa¹  Ryu, Yon Ju¹  Sim, Sung Shin²  Chun, Eun Mi¹ 

[1] Departments of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine;Departments of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

关键词: Bronchial Fistula;    Lung Neoplasms;    Lymph Nodes;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2010.68.4.231

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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