Metastatic breast cancer presenting as air-space consolidation on chest computed tomography.
A 56-year-old woman suffered from hepatic and bone metastases of breast cancer. Two months after starting combination chemotherapy with trastuzumab and docetaxel, air-space consolidation was observed in the right lower lung lobe on a chest computed tomography (CT) and a high serum KL-6 level was detected. Drug-induced pneumonitis with organizing pneumonia type was suspected, however, a transbronchial lung biopsy and cytological examination of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid provided evidence of metastatic breast cancer. While the lung is a frequently affected site from metastasis of breast cancer, we report a rare case presenting as air-space consolidation on a chest CT.
Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University.
Hiroshi
H
Ohnishi
Yoshinori
Y
Haruta
Akihito
A
Yokoyama
Taku
T
Nakashima
Noboru
N
Hattori
Nobuoki
N
Kohno
D000388:Air; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed