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SUBMITTER: Ota T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4856241 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ota Takayo T Suzumura Tomohiro T Sugiura Takamune T Hasegawa Yoshikazu Y Yonesaka Kimio K Makihara Masaru M Tsukuda Hiroshi H Tada Takuhito T Fukuoka Masahiro M
Clinical case reports 20160401 5
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. ...[more]