Severe bronchoconstriction due to sarcoid-like reaction to lung cancer

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Apr;20(2):199-201. doi: 10.1177/0218492311431493.

Abstract

Chest radiography in a 59-year-old woman with recurrent pneumonia showed infiltrates in her left upper lung field. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and chest computed tomography revealed severe constriction in the upper bronchus and a nodule in the left upper lobe. After lobectomy, adenocarcinoma was confirmed, with multiple non-caseating granulomas in the lung parenchyma and lymph nodes. Bronchial constriction was thought to be due to a sarcoid-like reaction secondary to lung cancer, leading to granuloma formation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnosis
  • Bronchial Diseases / etiology*
  • Bronchial Diseases / surgery
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed