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Year: 2015   |   Volume: 4   |   Issue: 2   |   Page: 255-257     View issue

Lung cancer presented as hydro-pneumothorax: A rare radiological masquerade


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Abstract

Herein, we report a case of lung cancer presented initially as hydro-pneumothorax and has undergone intercostal tube drainage, received repeated courses of antibiotics and even antitubercular drugs without any improvement. Without a confirmatory diagnosis, patient was referred to our institution. Based on initial and follow-up chest X-rays, it was suspected to be either an encysted empyema or lung abscess. But on computed tomography (CT) thorax the thick walled cavitary mass was seen, and CT guided fine- needle aspiration cytology proved the diagnosis. Thus, it′s a rare presentation of lung cancer as hydro-pneumothorax.

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Chakraborty R, Chatterjee S, Saha R, Sit A. Lung cancer presented as hydro-pneumothorax: A rare radiological masquerade. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2015;4(2):255-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.148964
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Chakraborty, R., Chatterjee, S., Saha, R., & Sit, A. (2015). Lung cancer presented as hydro-pneumothorax: A rare radiological masquerade. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 4(2), 255-257. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.148964

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