title: [Adenoid cystic carcinoma of a lacrimal gland with lung metastases].
abstract: We encountered a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of a lacrimal gland and multiple pulmonary metastases. The patient underwent resection of a left orbital tumor, which was followed by 60 Gy of radiation therapy. The pathological diagnosis was adenoid cystic carcinoma with a cribriform pattern. About one year after diagnosis, metastases to the lung, liver, bone, and skin were found, but there was ro local recurrence. A chest CT image revealed findings characteristic of hematogenous metastases: multiple discrete tumor shadows distributed over the entire left and right lung fields. We collected 24 reports of similar cases. The cases with pulmonary metastases had poor outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hironaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed