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Anaplastic Lung Cancer With Metastases. Case Report Of A 15-year Survival

Greentree, L. 1973Lung cancer

Greentree L. B. (1973). Anaplastic lung cancer with metastases. Case report of a 15-year survival. The Ohio State medical journal, 69(11), 841–843.

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Case Details

Disease Location

Upper lobe of right lung

Personal Characteristics

59-year-old white male

Clinical Characteristics

Admitted with persistent cough & weight loss of 6 mths chest films showed large mass in posterior segment of upper lobe of right lung

Remission Characteristics

Discharged 21 days post treatment for infected pleural space completely cured as of 15 years (no mass evident)

Treatment & Mechanisms

Clinical Treatment

Right pneu monthsectomy & mediastinal lymphadenectomy performed (pathology reports revealed squamous cell carcinoma of bronchus) received 6 mg nitrogen mustard intrapleurally at time of operation received 6 mg intravenously on day of operation & on first 2 postoperative days readmitted 1 month later for oleothorax, 1200 cc sterile olive oil injected into right pleural cavity pleural space drained of olive oil upon development of infection--> treatment consisted of intrapleural injections of penicillin & strepatientomycin