Nihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi
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Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi · Feb 1990
Case Reports[Three cases of pneumothorax due to lung cancer].
Spontaneous pneumothorax due to primary lung cancers are increasingly reported as of lung cancer incidence increased. We experienced one lung cancer case with pneumothorax as a primary symptom and two who developed pneumothorax after chemotherapy, among 238 cases of primary lung cancer. In the literature, 76 cases of pneumothorax due to primary lung cancers are described. The mechanism of pneumothorax is discussed.
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Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi · Feb 1990
Case Reports[Tracheal tumor resection and reconstruction surgery].
Ninety-six tracheal tumor patients were treated surgically. Tracheal resection was performed in 79 patients with 11 primary tracheal tumors (nine with adenoid cystic carcinoma), and 68 secondary tumors involving the trachea (62 with thyroid carcinoma). Resection of the trachea plus carina was performed in 16 patients with 10 primary pulmonary carcinomas, 4 adenoid cystic carcinomas and 2 varied tumors. ⋯ Postoperative radiotherapy appeared to be effective in obviating local recurrence in patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea. In patients with thyroid carcinoma invading the trachea, of the 29 patients eligible for 5-year follow-up, 19 were still alive, and of the 10 patients eligible for 10-year follow up, seven were still alive. However, in patients with thyroid carcinoma remaining after tracheal resection, 10-year survival was rare.