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Case Report
A case of bronchogenic carcinoma which obtained long-term relapse free survival by argon plasma coagulation
Tomoya Kono1), Sinnam Lee2), Jun Nohara2), Yasuto Sakaguchi1), Tetsuo Noguchi2) and Yasuji Terada1)
1)Department of Respiratory Surgery, Nagahama City Hospital
2)Department of Respiratory Disease, Nagahama City Hospital
ABSTRACT
A 69-year-old man was admitted complaining of bloody sputum. A chest X-ray and CT revealed no abnormal findings, but bronchoscopy revealed a squamous cell carcinoma nodular lesion in the bifurcation between the left B1+2a and B1+2b. After two courses of chemotherapy (CBDCA+PAC), the nodular lesion disappeared. Another nodular squamous cell carcinoma grew in the orifice of the left B1+2 nine months later, but this time chemotherapy was ineffective. The nodular tumor was cauterized twice with argon plasma coagulation, and no recurrence appeared for twenty-six months.
KEYWORDS: Early lung cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma, Bronchoscopy, Argon plasma coagulation, Cauterize
RECEIVED: 2009.2.12
JJRS, 47(12): 1093-1097, 2009
