Foetal adenocarcinoma of the lung.
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J Postgrad Med 2004;50:75-76 35-year-old female presented with episodes of fever for two months, associated dry cough and non-progressive breathlessness. She had taken antibiotic therapy in the recent past, but without respite. This patient had undergone vaginal hysterectomy for uterine prolapse. There was no tumour in the genital tract. On examination, she was afebrile with normal pulse rate and blood pressure. The respiratory rate was 18 per minute, with dull note on percussion of the left upper anterior chest. Haematological and biochemical investigations, sputum examination and arterial blood gases were normal. Chest radiography revealed a well-outlined, round, homogeneous opacity in the left upper and middle zones, merging medially with the cardiac silhouette. A computed tomographic scan, additionally, revealed origin of the mass in relation to the left upper lobe bronchus with foci of atelectasis and bronchopneumonia. On bronchoscopy, there was slit-like occlusion of the upper lobe bronchus by a fleshy, yellowish white, well-vascularised tumour. A left upper lobectomy and lingulectomy was then performed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of postgraduate medicine
دوره 50 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004