Abstract
We describe a 40-year-old man who had a complete occlusion of his right middle lobe (RML) take-off secondary to radiation fibrosis for treatment of his non-small cell lung cancer. This report illustrates recanalization of this lobar segment utilizing both skillsets from interventional pulmonary a
Highlights
Lung cancer is the leading most common cause of death in the United States [1,2,3]
Many patients diagnosed with lung cancer present at an advanced stage
This report describes a novel approach for bronchial stenosis in a patient with stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who developed right middle lobe (RML) obstruction following concurrent chemoradiation treatment
Summary
Lung cancer is the leading most common cause of death in the United States [1,2,3]. Many patients diagnosed with lung cancer present at an advanced stage. A novel approach to recanalization of a right middle lobe occlusion in a patient with lung cancer. Michael Thorpe1, Elliot Backer2, Erhan H Dincer3, Roy J Cho4 Affiliations: 1MD, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 2MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 3Associate Professor, Interventional Pulmonology Division, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 4Assistant Professor, Interventional Pulmonology Division, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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