title: [Neoplastic metastasis in lungs simulating primary tumor of the respiratory system].
abstract: 16 patients with clinical and radiological symptoms suggesting lung disease were described. Metastatic character of process was documented in 7 of them during life and in 9 after death. The pulmonary symptoms without any signs of primary tumor lasted from few months to 3 years. Two patients revealed primary tumor in ovary, 1-in uterus, 4-in thyroid gland, 2-in prostata, 2-in breast, 2-in pancreas, 1-in bone, one in testicle, and 2-in kidney.
authors.affiliation: III Kliniki Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Warszawie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Słupek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wiatr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Figura-Chojak
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pawlicka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Przerzuty nowotworowe w płucach symulujace pierwotna chorobe układu oddechowego.