Garcia de la Oliva T
Poumon Coeur. 1982;38(6):367-70.
A review of cases of lung cancer treated in a hospital department over a period of 6 years demonstrated the presence of an associated pneumothorax in 3 patients: in 2 cases this was the initial manifestation of the lung cancer, while in the third case it developed after the diagnosis had been established. In most of the published cases (less than 100) the lesion was already present on initial radiological images after reexpansion. In very rare cases, recurrent pneumothoraces or ones difficult to reexpand, without visible lesions on chest radiography after expansion, were provoked by a lung cancer. Because of the low incidence in this group of patients, it appears unjustified to submit them to an exhaustive search for a pulmonary neoplasm.
对某医院科室6年期间治疗的肺癌病例进行回顾发现，有3例患者伴有气胸：2例气胸是肺癌的初始表现，而第3例是在确诊后出现的。在大多数已发表的病例（少于100例）中，病变在肺复张后的初始影像学图像上就已存在。在极少数情况下，肺癌会引发复发性气胸或难以复张的气胸，肺扩张后胸部X线片上无可见病变。由于该组患者发病率较低，对他们进行全面的肺部肿瘤排查似乎没有必要。
