【A Case of Bilateral Secondary Pneumothorax Shortly after the Completion of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Tongue Cancer】

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Article by Yoshiro Saito, et al., from Showa University, Japan.

Lung is the most common site of distant metastases from oral squamous cell carcinomas including tongue cancer. However, despite the fact that the most common site of distant metastasis in #tongue_cancer is the lung, only a few studies have reported secondary pneumothorax caused by lung metastasis from tongue cancer. In this case study, the researchers reported a case of patient with late cervical lymph node metastases from tongue cancer (pT2N0M0), who was diagnosed with bilateral #pneumothorax after undergoing neck dissection and postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy (#CCRT).