[Isolated late pulmonary metastasis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland].
Eight years after removal of an adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC = cylindroma) of the parotid gland, a female patient of 41 years of age developed isolated multiple lung metastases. She died three years later in the course of a respiratory insufficiency. Basing on this typical case record, the very rare ACC is presented, which has a tendency to pulmonary metastasising. The pathology, course of the disease, treatment and indication for performing a lung transplant in similar cases are discussed.
Abteilung Pneumologie, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
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Krug
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Otterbach
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Wilkens
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Kupsch
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Fabel
D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*