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Case Reports
. 1990 Jan;45(1):66-7.
doi: 10.1136/thx.45.1.66.

Lobar collapse due to endobronchial metastatic prostatic carcinoma: re-expansion with antiandrogen treatment

H Taylor  1 , S Braude
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Case Reports

Lobar collapse due to endobronchial metastatic prostatic carcinoma: re-expansion with antiandrogen treatment

H Taylor et al. Thorax. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

A patient is described who presented with left upper lobe collapse due to endobronchial metastatic prostate carcinoma. Treatment with the oral antiandrogen cyproterone acetate resulted in resolution of the occluding endobronchial carcinoma and lobar re-expansion.

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