title: [Metastatic lung tumor from colon cancer with cavitation: report of a case].
abstract: A 55-year-old man underwent rectal amputation for rectal cancer in August 2005. A tiny thin-walled cavity lesion in his left S1+2 was found on computed tomography (CT) of the chest in November 2008. The cavity lesion in the left S1+2 gradually increased in size over 3 months and positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) showed FDG accumulation at the lesion. Videoassisted thoracoscopic (VATS) wedge resection was performed to make a definite diagnosis in March 2009. The pathological findings revealed a metastatic lung tumor from the rectal cancer. It is necessary to consider the possibility of metastatic lung tumors in a case with the cavity lesions especially in patients with a history of colon cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Idani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takakura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*