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ArticleCureus2025

Beyond the Chest Wall: A Case of Fungating Lung Tumor and Review of Literature.

Jad Kabbara, Tala Mobayed, Moutafa Moussally

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Jad KabbaraAnesthesiology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Westlake, USA.
Tala MobayedInternal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Moutafa MoussallySurgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality among cancers. Fungating tumors are rare manifestations of advanced lung cancer in which the tumor invades the chest wall and breaks through the skin. These tumors can have devastating physiological and psychological effects on patients. They confer poor prognosis to the affected patients. Furthermore, symptoms such as bleeding or foul smelling exudative discharge are associated with fungating tumors. When deemed suitable, surgical resection with chest wall reconstruction is the treatment of choice. We hereby present the case of a lung tumor invading the chest wall with extension to the skin. We also perform a review of literature on fungating tumors.

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complex surgical resectionfungating tumorlung cancerlung surgeryrare cancers

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PMID40786303
PMCPMC12335879

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