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Pages 141-143 (March 2004)
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Vol. 40. Issue 3.
Pages 141-143 (March 2004)
Case Report
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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia and Bronchogenic Carcinoma Coexisting in Different Parts of the Lungs
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R. Arrabal Sánchez
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Correspondence: Dr. R. Arrabal Sánchez. Servicio de Cirugía Torácica. Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya. M. Altolaguirre, 33, 6.° D. 29720 La Cala del Moral. Málaga. España
, R. Mongil Poce, A. Benítez Doménech, A. Fernández de Rota Avecilla, J.L. Fernández Bermúdez
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain
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Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) coexisting with nonsmall cell lung cancer in a separate part of the lungs is rare. We report the case of a man diagnosed with BOOP by video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy; the patient also had adenocarcinoma in a different part of the lungs. The BOOP was treated with corticosteroids and the carcinoma was surgically resected. Outcome and clinical course were good after both procedures. The possibility of BOOP associated with bronchogenic carcinoma at a distant part of the lungs, although rare, must be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of radiographic alterations that may present in either of the 2 diseases.

Key words:
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
Bronchogenic carcinoma

La coexistencia en un paciente de una bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada (BONO) y un carcinoma pulmonar no microcítico en zonas pulmonares distantes es un hecho muy infrecuente. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con diagnóstico mediante biopsia pulmonar por videotoracoscopia de BONO, que tenía asociado en una zona pulmonar alejada un adenocarcinoma pulmonar. La BONO recibió tratamiento corticoideo y el carcinoma se resecó quirúrgicamente. Ambos procesos presentaron una buena evolución.

La posibilidad de que se presenten asociados una BONO y un carcinoma broncogénico en zonas pulmonares distantes, aunque muy infrecuente, deberá tenerse en cuenta en el diagnóstico diferencial de las alteraciones radiológicas que se puedan presentar en cualquiera de estas entidades patológicas.

Palabras clave:
Bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada
Carcinoma broncogénico
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