Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer

Patients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve place...

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Main Authors:	Chang-Seok Jeon, Jhingook Kim, Hojoong Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-08-01
Series:	Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:	Pulmonary Bullae Endobronchial valve Lung neoplasms
Online Access:	http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305

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spelling	doaj-f79ba7070b6344d1bbf20dd11b6e279d2020-11-24T20:55:07ZengKorean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryKorean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery2233-601X2093-65162017-08-0150430530710.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung CancerChang-Seok Jeon0Jhingook Kim1Hojoong Kim2Samsung Medical CenterSamsung Medical CenterSamsung Medical CenterPatients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve placement. Subsequently, a cancerous lesion on the contralateral lung was successfully removed by lobectomy.http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305Pulmonary BullaeEndobronchial valveLung neoplasms
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spellingShingle	Chang-Seok Jeon Jhingook Kim Hojoong Kim Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pulmonary Bullae Endobronchial valve Lung neoplasms
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title	Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer
title_short	Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer
title_full	Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer
title_fullStr	Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer
title_sort	successful treatment of a giant emphysematous bulla with an endobronchial valve in a patient with contralateral lung cancer
publisher	Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
series	Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
issn	2233-601X 2093-6516
publishDate	2017-08-01
description	Patients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve placement. Subsequently, a cancerous lesion on the contralateral lung was successfully removed by lobectomy.
topic	Pulmonary Bullae Endobronchial valve Lung neoplasms
url	http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305
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Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer

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