CASE REPORT: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION OF LUNG BULLA
Abstract
Cases of malignant transformation in bullous lung disease are not infrequent, and most of these cancers turn out to be non-small cell lung cancer. However, they are often difficult to diagnose because of their uncertain appearance. Here we report a case of bullous lung disease, now presenting with an air-fluid level, in which a diagnosis of malignancy was made by ultrasound, guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Hence this possibility has to be kept in mind when a known case of bullous lung disease presents with worsening symptoms or new radiological shadows which is often treated as a secondary infection of a preexisting bulla.
Keywords: Malignant transformation, Bullous lung disease.
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