[Neoplastic metastasis in lungs simulating primary tumor of the respiratory system]

Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 1994;62(9-10):463-73.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

16 patients with clinical and radiological symptoms suggesting lung disease were described. Metastatic character of process was documented in 7 of them during life and in 9 after death. The pulmonary symptoms without any signs of primary tumor lasted from few months to 3 years. Two patients revealed primary tumor in ovary, 1-in uterus, 4-in thyroid gland, 2-in prostata, 2-in breast, 2-in pancreas, 1-in bone, one in testicle, and 2-in kidney.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urogenital Neoplasms / pathology