Brain metastases secondary to tumor emboli from primary lung cancer during lobectomy.
It is assumed that dissemination of tumor cells during pulmonary resection may be followed by metastases. A 70-year-old man with pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung had brain metastases develop secondary to brain infarction caused by tumor emboli during lobectomy. This is a rare case that clearly showed brain metastases as a consequence of tumor emboli during pulmonary resection.
Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Yasushi
Y
Cho
Yasuhiro
Y
Hida
Kichizo
K
Kaga
Hiroaki
H
Kato
Mikiya
M
Iizuka
Satoshi
S
Kondo
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment