Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and hemopneumothoraces secondary to cystic lung metastasis.
We report a case of a cystic metastasis to the lung from an angiosarcoma of the scalp in a 75-year-old man who complained of hemoptysis. A chest CT scan showed multiple thin-walled pulmonary cysts, bilateral pneumothoraces, small nodules and pneumomediastinum. Histologic examination revealed pleural infiltration of angiosarcoma cells. One month later, a high-resolution CT scan showed that the cysts had rapidly developed into large lesions.
Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea.
Sung Il
SI
Park
Eugene
E
Choi
Heung Bum
HB
Lee
Yang Keun
YK
Rhee
Myoung Ja
MJ
Chung
Yong Chul
YC
Lee
D000368:Aged; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed