The unnatural course of lung cancer and treatment.
Set of chest x rays over several weeks.
- Port most times suggest some cancer.
- Left upper lobe changes from radiation therapy.
- Spontaneous bronchopleural fistula with subcutaneous emphysema
- Initial treatment with a chest tube.
- Endobronchial valve placements in two sessions to seal the leak.
- Finally no leak and removal of the chest tube.