Surgical resection for pulmonary metastases of sweat gland carcinoma.
A case of axillary sweat gland carcinoma which metastasised to both lungs six years after resection of the primary lesion is described. The lesions were resected and three years later two further pulmonary metastases were resected.
Osaki
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Kodate
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Nakanishi
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Mitsudomi
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Shirakusa
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D001050:Apocrine Glands; D001365:Axilla; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure