title: Report of two cases of endobronchial metastases secondary to colorectal cancer.
abstract: Two cases of endoluminar/endobronchial metastases (EEM) from a secondary extrathoracic tumour are reported. The patients, eight years after the curative treatment of colorectal adenocarcinoma, were examined exhibiting pulmonary symptoms with radiological findings in the chest and endobronchial lesions as an initial presentation. The use of fiberoptic bronchoscopy of endoluminar/endobronchial lesions may help in diagnosing the origin of metastatic spread in the presence or absence of a primary tumour.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Unit, Third Department of Medicine, Athens School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital and Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Adrianni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charpidou
authors.forename: Marianthi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fotinou
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alamara
authors.forename: Patra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalkandi
authors.forename: Dinna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tiniakou
authors.forename: Konstantina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexopoulou
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merikas
authors.forename: Kostas N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Syrigos
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*