[Metastatic lung tumor: report of two cases].
We herein report 2 cases of metastatic lung tumor. The first case was a 59-year-old female, who had undergone a left radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer 18 years before. She was found to have a pulmonary nodule in the left lower lobe on the routine chest radiograph. She underwent a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) partial resection of the left lower lobe. Tumor was diagnosed as a lung metastasis of the breast cancer microscopically. The second case was a 77-year-old man, who had undergone a right nephrectomy for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. He was found to have 2 nodules in the right lung (1 in the middle lobe and the other in the lower lobe) on the follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest. He underwent VATS partial resections of the right middle and lower lobes. While the tumor in the lower lobe was diagnosed as a lung metastasis of the renal cell carcinoma, the tumor in the middle lobe turned out a primary lung cancer.
Shiraishi
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Section of Chest Surgery, Fukujuji Hospital, Kiyose, Japan.
Nakajima
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Y
Katsuragi
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N
Hanaoka
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T
Konno
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H
Tanaka
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S
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors