Multiple Metastasizing Pleomorphic Adenomas of the Lung.
A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with abnormal findings on chest X-ray. Her medical history was remarkable in that she had presented with a pleomorphic adenoma in the right parotid gland treated by surgical removal approximately 12 years previously. Chest computed tomography showed well-defined non-calcified nodules of the bilateral lobes, so she underwent segmentectomy of the right upper lobe and middle lobe. The histopathological diagnosis was metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma of the lung, a rare entity.
Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Ayaka
A
Nakai
Kensuke
K
Suzuki
Hideaki
H
Furuse
Takeshi
T
Tsuda
Yasuaki
Y
Masaki
Hideki
H
Shinno
Yoshitaka
Y
Ito
Hideki
H
Miyazawa
Hirokazu
H
Taniguchi
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed