title: Pulmonary resection for metastatic breast cancer.
abstract: The management of pulmonary metastasis from breast carcinoma is challenging and often consists of palliation of symptoms. Surgical resection of pulmonary metastasis is considered inappropriate in view of the disseminated nature of the disease and limited life expectancy. It can however be a worthwhile option if imaging, including bone scans rule out metastatic disease in other part of the body. We report a patient with pulmonary metastasis from breast carcinoma who was successfully treated with pulmonary wedge resection of the metastatic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Pulau Pinang, 10990 Penang.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Gooi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Premnath
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manjit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed