Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an osteosarcoma patient with pulmonary metastases: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Zhihua Gan
    • Shuchen Lin
    • Kun Han
    • Zan Shen
    • Yang Yao
    • Daliu Min
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  • Published online on: December 8, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.4010
  • Pages: 1179-1180
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Abstract

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of chemotherapy in the treatment of lung neoplasms. It is relatively common in osteosarcoma lung metastases patients following chemotherapy, but the cause is still unknown. Here, we report a case of bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax occurring in a 40-year-old female in whom lung metastases from osteosarcoma were treated with combination chemotherapy. The patient had osteosarcoma on the right side of the mandible, and developed bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax. Through contrasting chest computed tomography, pneumothorax was identified at the site of the pulmonary metastases and occurred following the formation of bullae. The pneumothorax and bullae were produced after the patient received chemotherapy. In October 2014, the patient succumbed to the disease due to hemorrhage of the primary osteosarcoma lesions.
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Gan Z, Lin S, Han K, Shen Z, Yao Y and Min D: Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an osteosarcoma patient with pulmonary metastases: A case report. Oncol Lett 11: 1179-1180, 2016
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Gan, Z., Lin, S., Han, K., Shen, Z., Yao, Y., & Min, D. (2016). Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an osteosarcoma patient with pulmonary metastases: A case report. Oncology Letters, 11, 1179-1180. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.4010
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Gan, Z., Lin, S., Han, K., Shen, Z., Yao, Y., Min, D."Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an osteosarcoma patient with pulmonary metastases: A case report". Oncology Letters 11.2 (2016): 1179-1180.
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Gan, Z., Lin, S., Han, K., Shen, Z., Yao, Y., Min, D."Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an osteosarcoma patient with pulmonary metastases: A case report". Oncology Letters 11, no. 2 (2016): 1179-1180. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.4010