Compression of the right main bronchus by a mesothelioma
Friday, December 29th, 2006.
Revue Medicale de Liege. 2006 Nov;61(11):753-5. [Link]
Duysinx B, Corhay JL, Nguyen D, Ghaye B, Louis R.
Service de Pneumologie, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgique.
Abstract
We report the case of a patient treated by chemotherapy for a diagnosis of mesothelioma. A quickly progressive dyspnea developed which was due to compression of the right main bronchus by mediastinal extension of the tumor. This obstruction was treated by interventionnal bronchoscopy and stenting.
Glossary
- diagnosis
- identifying a disease by its signs or symptoms, and by using imaging procedures and laboratory findings. The earlier a diagnosis of cancer is made, the better the chance for long-term survival.
- chemotherapy
- (key-mo-THER-uh-pee) treatment with drugs to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is often used with surgery or radiation to treat cancer when the cancer has spread, when it has come back (recurred), or when there is a strong chance that it could recur.
- bronchoscopy
- (BRON-kos-ko-pee) examination of the bronchi using a flexible, lighted tube called a bronchoscope.
- tumor
- an abnormal lump or mass of tissue. Tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
- mesothelioma
- a tumor derived from mesothelial tissue, such as the peritoneum (lining the abdomen) or pleura (lining the lungs). More on mesothelioma.
