Abstract
A 57-year-old woman had undergone right S3 segmentectomy for Stage 1A lung cancer in December 2000. In December 2004, a routine chest roentogenogram showed a mass in the right upper lobe, suggesting the local recurrence of lung cancer. We performed right upper and middle lobectomy in December 2004. The mass was white, and the inside showed an abscess. Mycobacterium avium was detected by the culture of the abscess. It was thought to be a granuloma caused by nontuberculous mycobacteriosis occurring in the staple we used for right S3 segmentectomy for lung cancer.
