superior vena cava syndrome is a common presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma. the mechanism of obstruction is by compression of superior vena cava by the bronchogenic tumor itself or enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. however obstruction due to intravascular thrombosis is extremely uncommon. here, we report a rare case of a 65-year-old male smoker who presented with superior vena cava syndrome...

INTRODUCTION Bronchogenic cysts may rupture or become infected, and malignant degeneration may occur. Although various types of malignant degeneration have been described, only a few reports of mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising from a bronchogenic cyst have been published. We report such a case. CASE A 77-year-old female was referred to our institution for evaluation of left chest pain. A comp...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical characteristics and survival of patients diagnosed with bronchogenic carcinoma during the years 2000 and 2001 in a tertiary level hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were collected from our hospital's tumor registry and validated with independent sources. Of all the patients diagnosed with or treated for bronchogenic carcinoma in our hospital, only those fro...

although acrometastases are rare but clinically they are considered important. their etiology is quite different from the metastases to other sites; bronchogenic carcinoma is by far the most frequent case. the prognosis is always similar to metastatic bronchial cancer with an average survival of three months. treatment may involve distal digital amputation or antalgic radiotherapy. the main dif...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the factors that determine the risk of morbidity and mortality associated with lung resection in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective multicenter study conducted between October 1, 1993 and September 30, 1997 in the 19 hospitals that make up the Bronchogenic Carcinoma Cooperative Group. During the study period, 2994 patients with bronchog...

The experimental manifestations of bronchogenic carcinoma are widely varied and often bizarre. Most of them, however, occur in association with malignant disease of other organs, so that they cannot be considered pathognomonic of bronchogenic carcinoma. Since these manifestations may be the initial clue to the presence of cancer of the lung, instead of the classical symptoms of cough, hemoptysi...

The multicentric origin of certain neoplasms such as those of the stomach, intestines, skin, female genitalia, and pharynx have been well documented.1’2 Until recently, this phenomenon has not been emphasized for carcinoma of the lung except in those examples designated as alveolar cell carcinoma. Excluding the latter, there have been 26 documented cases of multiple primary invasive carcinoma o...