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Lee B. Milner, MD

JAMA. 1981;246(1):76.

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History

A 64-year-old man with a known history of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was admitted for increasing shortness of breath. In August 1975, a chest film showed a right lower lobe mass, which led to resection of a squamous cell carcinoma. In October 1978, he had recurrence of the carcinoma in the same general area, which was resected in November 1978. In June 1979, gradual onset of shortness of breath developed, which increased in the three weeks before admission on Sept 4, 1979. An admission chest film demonstrated increased prominence of the right hilum, which subsequently was evaluated with tomography. The tomograms demonstrated recurrent tumor in the right hilar and subcarinal areas. Within the midtrachea itself along the right lateral wall, a 2-cm well-defined soft-tissue density was demonstrated (Figure, arrowheads) (not apparent on plain films). Because of the tracheal mass, the patient underwent straight-tube bronchoscopy. No intratracheal lesion . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Dr Milner).

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