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

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2010, v.68 no.4, pp.231-235









& (2010). A Case of Node-bronchial Fistula by Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 68(4), 231-235.
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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.

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Bronchial Fistula, Lung Neoplasms, Lymph Nodes, Bronchial Fistula, Lung Neoplasms, Lymph Nodes

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