Successful management of solitary malar metastasis from lung cancer.
A right malar mass developed in a 68-year-old man who had undergone right upper and middle bilobectomy for lung cancer 2 years previously. The mass was diagnosed to be a malar metastasis from lung cancer and was surgically resected because no other metastases were found. The patient is well without signs of recurrence 5 years after resection of the malar mass. This is the first report of a malar metastasis from lung cancer and of successful resection for malar metastasis.
Shimizu
Kimihiro
K
Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan. kmshimiz@east.ncc.go.jp
Nagai
Kanji
K
Yoshida
Junji
J
Nishimura
Mituyo
M
Hayashi
Ryuichi
R
Yokose
Tomoyuki
T
D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male