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Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report
INTRODUCTION: Most of pulmonary metastases present as well-defined solid and round nodules. Here we report a case of a pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity (GGO)-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity and lymph node metastasis of tongue cancer. CASE PRESENTAION: A 22-year-old man...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31265989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.030 |
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author | Haro, Akira Wakasu, Sho Takada, Kazuki Osoegawa, Atsushi Kamitani, Takeshi Tagawa, Tetsuzo Mori, Masaki |
author_facet | Haro, Akira Wakasu, Sho Takada, Kazuki Osoegawa, Atsushi Kamitani, Takeshi Tagawa, Tetsuzo Mori, Masaki |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Most of pulmonary metastases present as well-defined solid and round nodules. Here we report a case of a pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity (GGO)-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity and lymph node metastasis of tongue cancer. CASE PRESENTAION: A 22-year-old man was referred to our department for surgical diagnosis and treatment for a GGO-like pulmonary nodule with a thin-walled cavity in the right lower lobe. He had a history of surgical resection for tongue cancer. The size of the GGO-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity in the center gradually increased. A right lower lobectomy and hilar lymphadenectomy were performed. Postoperative pathology revealed the lesion as pulmonary metastasis and hilar lymph node metastasis of tongue cancer. DISCUSSION: Our case report of pulmonary metastasis of tongue cancer is rare from the viewpoint of pulmonary GGO-like lesions with a following thin-walled cavity and hilar lymph node metastasis. The positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination was useful to show right hilar lymph node metastasis. CONCLUSION: It is important to make a differential diagnosis of from the pulmonary nodule in case of a GGO-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity. |
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spelling | pubmed-66097832019-07-16 Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report Haro, Akira Wakasu, Sho Takada, Kazuki Osoegawa, Atsushi Kamitani, Takeshi Tagawa, Tetsuzo Mori, Masaki Int J Surg Case Rep Article INTRODUCTION: Most of pulmonary metastases present as well-defined solid and round nodules. Here we report a case of a pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity (GGO)-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity and lymph node metastasis of tongue cancer. CASE PRESENTAION: A 22-year-old man was referred to our department for surgical diagnosis and treatment for a GGO-like pulmonary nodule with a thin-walled cavity in the right lower lobe. He had a history of surgical resection for tongue cancer. The size of the GGO-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity in the center gradually increased. A right lower lobectomy and hilar lymphadenectomy were performed. Postoperative pathology revealed the lesion as pulmonary metastasis and hilar lymph node metastasis of tongue cancer. DISCUSSION: Our case report of pulmonary metastasis of tongue cancer is rare from the viewpoint of pulmonary GGO-like lesions with a following thin-walled cavity and hilar lymph node metastasis. The positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination was useful to show right hilar lymph node metastasis. CONCLUSION: It is important to make a differential diagnosis of from the pulmonary nodule in case of a GGO-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity. Elsevier 2019-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6609783/ /pubmed/31265989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.030 Text en © 2019 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Haro, Akira Wakasu, Sho Takada, Kazuki Osoegawa, Atsushi Kamitani, Takeshi Tagawa, Tetsuzo Mori, Masaki Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title | Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title_full | Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title_short | Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report |
title_sort | pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: a case report |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31265989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.030 |
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