1992 Volume 6 Issue 6 Pages 699-705
A 53-year-old male had undergone a left upperlobectomy for lung cancer 20 years earlier. Two years ago, left completion pneumonectomy was performed because of refractory atypical mycobacterial infection. Recent chest X-ray film revealed a coin lesion in the right lower lobe. The lesion was resected, the pathological diagnosis was bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma, same as the primary lesion. Pulmonary edema occurred postoperatively, but it improved by mechanical ventilation. The patient is doing well three years after the operation. We consider that a limited operation can be performed even post-pneumonectomy. Surgical resection will improve the prognosis.