Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax following high-dose chemotherapy in a patient with non-seminomatous testicular cancer with pulmonary metastases
Ozet, A.; Yavuz, A.A.; Oztürk, B.; Kömürcü, S.; Arpaci, F.; Tuvay, E.; Tezcan, Y.
Tumori 86(3): 253-255
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8916 PMID: 10939608 Document Number: 523425
With modern treatment modalities it is possible to obtain a long survival in patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer. Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment in metastatic cases. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is a good salvage treatment for recurrent cases. However, the modality has serious complications. We present a rare case of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax due to rupture of residual cystic lesions after high-dose chemotherapy in a patient with pulmonary metastases. Such a situation has been rarely reported.