[A case of pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma that remitted after cessation of smoking].

A 43-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of productive cough and an abnormal chest radiograph. He had smoked one pack of cigarettes per day for 23 years. Chest radiograph on admission showed diffuse reticulo-linear infiltrates, most prominent in both upper lung fields.

[Outpatient chemotherapy and clinical pathway for non-small cell lung cancer].

We investigated the usefulness of outpatient chemotherapy in 54 cases of non-small cell lung cancer in which outpatient chemotherapy was performed between August 1999 and October 2001. This chemotherapy accounted for 67% of all chemotherapy. Assessment of therapeutic effect revealed a PR in 14 of the 54 cases, and the efficacy rate was 26%.

[A case of amylase-producing lung cancer].

A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of progressive dyspnea due to pulmonary emphysema. Chest CT revealed a nodular lesion in the right S6 and swollen right hilar lymph nodes. The diagnosis was not confirmed bronchoscopically.

[A case of fibrosing mediastinitis manifesting recurrent nerve palsy].

A 68 year-old man was referred and admitted to our hospital because of hoarseness due to recurrent nerve palsy and an anterior mediastinal tumor detected on chest CT. Chest CT showed a low-density tumor surrounding the aorta and branching arteries. Chest MRI revealed a low-intensity tumor in both T1- and T2-weighted images.

[Three cases of metastatic meningeal carcinomatosis from lung cancer].

We report three cases of meningeal carcinomatosis that metastasized from lung cancer. The patients were men of 73, 65 and 77 years old. The histological type was adenocarcinoma in all cases.

[A case of adenocarcinoma of the lung with superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), effectively treated with implantation of intravascular stent and chemotherapy of single agent of docetaxel].

The patient was a 54-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma of the lung (T2N3M1, Stage IV). Although 3 cycles of a combination of gemcitabine (GEM) with vinorelbine (VNR) and one cycle of carboplatin (CBDCA) with weekly paclitaxel (TXL) were administered, the tumor continued to grow with symptomatic progression of superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS). Implantation of an intravascular metallic stent and chemotherapy with the single agent of docetaxel (TXT) were performed.