[Two resected cases of cavitary lung cancer with pulmonary aspergillosis].

Abstract

Two cases of cavitary lung cancer with pulmonary aspergillosis were experienced. Case 1 was a 45-year-old male. Chest X-ray and Chest CT revealed a round shadow in the thin-wall cavity of the upper lobe of the right lung. Upper lobectomy of the right lung was performed. Histologically large cell carcinoma was found to invade the entire cavity wall, and aspergillus was not detected in the intracavitary space. Case 2 was a 75-year-old male. Chest X-ray and Chest CT revealed a round shadow in the thin-wall cavity of the upper lobe S1 + 2 of the left lung. As a result of upper lobectomy of the left lung and S6 partial resection, large cell carcinoma was found to invade the entire cavity wall, and aspergillus was not detected in the intracavitary space. Only 19 cases including ours are reported about cases of lung cancer complicated by pulmonary aspergillosis at the same site in Japan. The mechanism of aspergillus infection had not been clarified in the discussions of the reported literature and nothing characteristic could be pointed out in our cases except for the assumption that the presence of cancer was a factor triggering Aspergillus implantation.