Endotracheal and endobronchial metastases in a patient with stage I lung adenocarcinoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):e135-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.064.

Abstract

Endotracheal or endobronchial metastasis from primary lung cancer is extremely rare. We report a case of endotracheal and endobronchial metastases from peripheral early lung adenocarcinoma 7 months after complete resection. The patient harbored the same gene mutation in both primary and metastatic lesions. This report highlights that enough attention on endotracheal metastases should be paid no matter what the pathologic TNM stage of primary lung cancer is.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / therapy
  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / therapy
  • Pneumonectomy / methods
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tracheal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Contrast Media