Journal of The Showa Medical Association
Online ISSN : 2185-0976
Print ISSN : 0037-4342
ISSN-L : 0037-4342
A CASE REPORT OF VANISHING TUMOR OF THE LUNG, ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETE A-V BLOCK
Yutaka DokiTasuku TakadaToshiharu HondaRyohei Nakagawa
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1967 Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages 252-256

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Abstract
A case with vanishing tumor of the lung, associated with complete A-V Block and Adams-Stokes Symptome was reported.
A 60-years-old woman was adminitted with the the chief complaint of hypertension of four months duration and frequent attacks of faint of one month duration. X-ray films of chest showed evidence of cardiomegaly and loculated fluid (so-called vanishing tumor) in the right transverse and right oblique fissures. A diagnosis was made of congestive heart failure due to hypertensive heart disease. A X-Ray film of chest taken 8 days after initiation of treatment showed complete disappearance of the suspected tumor.
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