Endobronchial metastasis from renal adenocarcinoma simulating a foreign body.
A patient was seen with right lower lobe collapse which partially re-expanded after removal of an endobronchial mass, initially thought to be a foreign body. The pathology revealed clear cell carcinoma identical with the primary removed from his kidney three years before.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male