Incidental finding of lung adenocarcinoma following routine bullectomy and pleurodesis on a young patient: a case report

Abstract

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of lung cancer. In this report, we present a case of a patient with recurrent pneumothorax undergoing routine bullectomy and pleurodesis and lung adenocarcinoma is diagnosed incidentally. The prognosis for patients with untreated lung cancer has always been unfavourable with a median survival time of only 10 to 14 months, even for early-stage disease. Once the diagnosis is established, an effective treatment should be instituted without delay. Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare manifestation of lung cancer and the relative risk for developing lung cancer should be considered with the patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.