"Web-like Obstruction" - A Sign of Regional Complete Remission after Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Taro HANADA; Shigeaki OGURA; Hiroshi ISOBE; Hirotoshi DOSAKA-AKITA; Kohichi YAMAZAKT; Naomi WATANABE; Yoshikazu KAWAKAMI

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.35.732

Taro HANADA, Shigeaki OGURA, Hiroshi ISOBE, Hirotoshi DOSAKA-AKITA, Kohichi YAMAZAKT, Naomi WATANABE, Yoshikazu KAWAKAMI

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Keywords: polypoid tumor, bronchoscopy

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1996 Volume 35 Issue 9 Pages 732-735

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.35.732

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Abstract

Two patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) developed "web-like" mucosa that obstructed bronchi after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. It seemed that the orifice of the bronchi had disappeared. Since the patients were free of local recurrence and the histologic findings of "weblike" mucosa were negative for malignancy, we believe that "web-like obstruction" was additional sign of regional complete remission of SCLC after concurrent chemoradiotherapy.
(Internal Medicine 35: 732-735, 1996)

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