title: Tongue carcinoma with endobronchial metastasis: a rare case.
abstract: Endobronchial metastases of extrapulmonary malignant tumors are quite rare. We present a patient with endobronchial metastasis previously operated for tongue carcinoma. A 71-year-old female patient presented with the complaint of cough. She had a history of tongue carcinoma operation 2 years before. Chest x-ray revealed an air-fluid level in the lower zone of the right hemithorax. There was a big cavitary lesion in the right lower lobe and bilateral multiple nodular lesions, some of which had cavity formation on computed tomography. Bronchoscopy re- vealed a polypoid lesion with necrotic appearance and pathologic examination showed squamous cell carcinoma. The lesion was accepted as a metastasis of tongue carcinoma after evaluation of the materials taken from the tongue on previous operation. There was no finding suggestive of local recurrence; however, the patient died from hemoptysis and respiratory insufficiency. In conclusion, endobronchial metastasis should be considered in patients with extrapulmonary malignancies and bronchoscopic examination should be performed in such cases, even in the presence of atypical radiological findings.
authors: Ilknur
authors: I
authors: Başyiğit
authors: Haşim
authors: H
authors: Boyaci
authors: Esra Kuşlu
authors: EK
authors: Uçar
authors: Kürşat
authors: K
authors: Yildiz
authors: Serap Argun
authors: SA
authors: Bariş
authors: Füsun
authors: F
authors: Yildiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery