Endobronchial metastasis from giant cell tumor of bone.
A young woman presented with cough, dyspnea on exertion, and weight loss. A chest roentgenogram revealed collapse of the left lung. On doing fiberoptic bronchoscopy, a growth was found in the left main bronchus. Cytologic examination and sections from cell block revealed that it was a metastatic growth from a giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of endobronchial metastasis from a GCT of the bone.
Department of Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
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D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000473:pathology*; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors