TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lung cancer presented as hydro-pneumothorax: A rare radiological masquerade
A1  - Ritam Chakraborty
A1  - Surajit Chatterjee
A1  - Rajat Saha
A1  - Arnab Sit
JF  - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
JO  - Clin Cancer Investig J
SN  - 2278-0513
Y1  - 2015
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.4103/2278-0513.148964
SP  - 255
EP  - 257
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://ccij-online.org/article/lung-cancer-presented-as-hydro-pneumothorax:-a-rare-radiological-masquerade-363
ER  -