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Title: [Torsion of the right upper lobe due to primary lung cancer with pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; report of a case]. Author: Matsukura T, Hanawa T, Kuwabara M, Motoishi M, Fujimoto T, Okazaki T, Yamashita N, Matsubara Y. Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2006 Dec; 59(13):1213-6. PubMed ID: 17163217. Abstract: A 61-year-old woman was admitted due to severe coughing. Chest X-ray revealed a mass in the right lower lung field at standing position and in the right upper lung field at supine position. A position of the mass changed with change in her posture because of lobar torsion. Bronchoscopic biopsy of the polypoid tumor obstructing the right upper bronchus revealed adenocarcinoma. She had hypertrophic osteoarthropathy simultaneously. Right pneumonectomy was performed. Postoperative course has been uneventful for 3 years.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]