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

Gan,Zhihua; Lin,Shuchen; Han,Kun; Shen,Zan; Yao,Yang; Min,Daliu

doi:10.3892/ol.2015.4010

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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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Affiliations: Department of Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201306, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, The Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, P.R. China
Pages: 1179-1180
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Published online on: December 8, 2015

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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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Journals

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

International Journal of Oncology

Molecular Medicine Reports

Oncology Reports

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Oncology Letters

Biomedical Reports

Molecular and Clinical Oncology

World Academy of Sciences Journal

International Journal of Functional Nutrition

International Journal of Epigenetics

Medicine International

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

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