CASE REPORT
BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA PRESENTING WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
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Kocatepe University School of Medicine. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Afyon, Turkey
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Yedikule Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Online publication date: 2006-04-15
Publication date: 2006-04-15
Corresponding author
Okan Solak
Örnekevler M. Kocatepe C. Dönerkaya Apt. No:2/3 Merkez. Afyon-TURKEY
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Eur J Gen Med 2006;3(2):78-79
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ABSTRACT
Spontaneous pneumothoraxs are usually caused by subpleural apical bleps but may also be secondary to metastasis to the lung and rarely primary lung cancer. We present a 56-years-old man with spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to non-small cell lung cancer.