Pulmonary Resection for Metachronous Lung Cancer Following Contralateral Pneumonectomy
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 03 (01), 15-18
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ojts.2013.31004
Abstract
Patients who undergo pneumonectomy for lung cancer are at risk of recurrent disease and metachronous tumours in the remaining lung. Establishing a diagnosis can be difficult as biopsy may induce a pneumothorax, whilst resection is limited by remaining lung function. However, pneumonectomy should not be a contraindication to further lung resection. We report two cases of lung cancer resection in the residual lung 6 and 11 years following pneumonectomy respectively. A limited resection can be safely performed for a new pulmonary parenchymal lesion on a background of a previous pneumonectomy.Keywords
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