Jeon CS, Kim J, Kim H. Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer.
THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 2017;
50:305-307. [PMID:
28795040 PMCID:
PMC5548211 DOI:
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305]
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Abstract
Patients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve placement. Subsequently, a cancerous lesion on the contralateral lung was successfully removed by lobectomy.
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