Acute exacerbation of interstitial fibrosis after pulmonary resection

Mustafa Yüksel; Mehmet Oguzhan Ozyurtkan; Korkut Bostanci; Rengin Ahiskali; Nihat Kodalli

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.036

Acute exacerbation of interstitial fibrosis after pulmonary resection

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Jul;82(1):336-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.036.

Authors

Mustafa Yüksel¹, Mehmet Oguzhan Ozyurtkan, Korkut Bostanci, Rengin Ahiskali, Nihat Kodalli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Acibadem, Istanbul, Turkey. myuksel@marmara.edu.tr

PMID: 16798250
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.036

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic diffuse lung disease of unknown cause, and a risk factor for increasing morbidity and mortality after lung resection. Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after lung surgery for lung cancer is rare. The outcome is unsatisfactory despite therapy. We report two cases of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after resection for lung cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Lymph Node Excision
Male
Middle Aged
Oxygen / therapeutic use
Pneumonectomy*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / drug therapy
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
Smoking

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Oxygen