| Abstract | A 26-year-old-woman was given a diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis and began treatment by both prednisolone and cyclophosphamide at another institution. She was then admitted to our hospital due to progressive multiple pulmonary nodules. A diagnosis of pulmonary metastases from bladder cancer was established with radiological and histological examinations obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) and transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-Bt). She had already received a total dose of 120 g of cyclophosphamide, which could be related to the development of bladder cancer. On detecting multiple pulmonary nodules in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis treated with cyclophosphamide, it is necessary to consider the possibility of pulmonary metastases form urinary bladder cancer. |
| Authors | Mitsuaki Sekiya, Masako Ichikawa, Atsuko Tsutsui, Kaku Yoshimi, Tsutomu Suzuki, Kuniaki Seyama, Toshimasa Uekusa, Kazuhisa Takahashi
(Affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University, School of Medicine.)
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| Journal | Nihon Kokyūki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society
(Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi)
Vol. 47
Issue 10
Pg. 943-6
(Oct 2009)
ISSN: 1343-3490 [Print] Japan |
| PMID | 19882920
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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