Respiratory infections after lung cancer resection

Survival after resection for primary lung cancer.

N early all that we believe in surgery and nearly all that we practise is based on observational data, usually in the form of collected series. Lung cancer surgery is no exception, and we rely—and will continue to rely—on the analysis of observational data. Observational research has tended to be denigrated and neglected. There is currently a lack of broad based data of sufficiently high qualit...

[Postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome after lung resection].

Endobronchial Metastases after Radical Resection of a Primary Lung Cancer

Endotracheal/endobronchial metastasis (EEM) generally originates from nonpulmonary malignancies such as cancers of the breast, colon, and kidney. Although the incidence of EEM has been reported to be between 2.0% and 50.0%, cases diagnosed after radical resection of primary lung cancer are extremely rare. [1,2] We hereby presented a patient of squamous cell lung carcinoma who was confirmed to h...

Remission of newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia after lung cancer resection.

Secondary immune thrombocytopenia is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome of lung cancer. We report a case of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma with newly diagnosed secondary immune thrombocytopenia. On referral, the patient's complete blood cell count was normal; however, it showed marked thrombocytopenia after 1 month. Blood biochemistry and bone marrow puncture showed normal findings. We speculated ...

Normalization of Exhaled Carbonyl Compounds After Lung Cancer Resection

BACKGROUND Quantitative analysis of specific exhaled carbonyl compounds (ECCs) has shown promise for the detection of lung cancer. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the normalization of ECCs in patients after lung cancer resection. METHODS Patients from a single center gave consent and were enrolled in the study from 2011 onward. Breath analysis was performed on lung cancer patients...