[Pulmonary metastases. Apropos of 40 cases].
This is a retrospective study of 40 patients with pulmonary metastasis who underwent resection. Metastasis were solitary in 28, few in 12: seven in one lung and 5 bilateral. Most were asymptomatic and were discovered during routine follow-up examinations. The most frequent primary tumors were (in decreasing order) colorectal in 11, a sarcoma (bone or soft tissue) in 9, a non-seminoma testicular tumor in 5. Resection was either uni- or bilateral through a posterolateral thoracotomy or sternotomy. Postoperative mortality and morbidity were negligible. Our experience is not large enough to have a precise opinion, and resection of pulmonary metastasis, usually between chemotherapy administration, gives good long-term results.
Boumghar
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Chapuis
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis
Contribution à l'étude des métastases pulmonaires. A propos de 40 observations.