Spontaneous pneumothorax due to bronchopleural fistula following reirradiation for locoregionally recurrent squamous cell lung cancer

Takayo Ota; Tomohiro Suzumura; Takamune Sugiura; Yoshikazu Hasegawa; Kimio Yonesaka; Masaru Makihara; Hiroshi Tsukuda; Takuhito Tada; Masahiro Fukuoka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.547

Spontaneous pneumothorax due to bronchopleural fistula following reirradiation for locoregionally recurrent squamous cell lung cancer

Clin Case Rep. 2016 Apr 1;4(5):481-5. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.547. eCollection 2016 May.

Authors

Takayo Ota¹, Tomohiro Suzumura¹, Takamune Sugiura¹, Yoshikazu Hasegawa¹, Kimio Yonesaka², Masaru Makihara³, Hiroshi Tsukuda¹, Takuhito Tada³, Masahiro Fukuoka¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology Izumi Municipal Hospital Izumi Osaka 594-0071 Japan.
² Department of Medical Oncology Sakai Hospital Kinki University Faculty of Medicine Sakai Osaka 590-0132 Japan.
³ Department of Radiology Izumi Municipal Hospital Izumi Osaka 594-0071 Japan.

Abstract

Spontaneous pneumothorax following radiotherapy for pulmonary malignancy is an unusual clinical condition. Here, we report a case of a 78-year-old male suffering from dyspnea during radiotherapy for squamous cell lung cancer of the right main bronchus. Imaging studies and fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed that pneumothorax was due to a bronchopleural fistula.

Keywords: Bronchopleural fistula; reirradiation; spontaneous pneumothorax; squamous cell lung cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports