title: Multiple pulmonary metastases with cavitation from gallbladder cancer.
abstract: We report a rare case of multiple pulmonary metastases with cavitation from gallbladder cancer. A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of productive cough and exertional dyspnea. Chest X-ray film showed multiple nodular shadows with some cavitation. Computed tomography showed multiple cavities, up to 2 cm in diameter, as well as nodules, in bilateral lung fields. Under a survey of primary focus, the ultrasonographic test of the abdomen revealed a hypoechoic mass in the hepatic hilum. The patient died of respiratory failure. Autopsy findings revealed that that multiple lung tumors had metastasized from papillary adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder and that cavitation of the lung was formed by bronchioloectasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi, Tochigi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hironaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography