Pulmonary metastasis presenting as a ground glass opacity-like lesion with a thin-walled cavity: A case report.
Ground glass opacity
Lymph node metastasis
Pulmonary metastasis
Squamous cell carcinoma
Thin-walled cavity
Tongue cancer
Journal
International journal of surgery case reports
ISSN: 2210-2612
Titre abrégé: Int J Surg Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101529872
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
19
05
2019
revised:
12
06
2019
accepted:
13
06
2019
pubmed:
3
7
2019
medline:
3
7
2019
entrez:
3
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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. 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. 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. 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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31265989
pii: S2210-2612(19)30342-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.030
pmc: PMC6609783
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
287-290Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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