Bilateral recurrent pneumothorax complicating chemotherapy for pulmonary metastatic breast ductal carcinoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 469-472

  Bini, Alessandro ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a   Ansaloni, Luca ^a   Grazia, Manuele ^a   Stella, Franco ^a   Bazzocchi, Ruggero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Pulmonary lacunae; Pulmonary metastasis; Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C; MITOXANTRONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0034069947     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050628     Document Type: Article

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