A Case of Cavitary Pulmonary Metastases of Primary Cavitary Lung Cancer.

Jung, Ji Heon; Kang, Hong Mo; Kim, Jang Ha; Lee, Byung Ho; Soh, Joung Eun; Lee, Seung Joon; Choi, Cheon Ung; Yoo, Jee Hong; Sung, Dong Wook

doi:2002.53.3.319

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 53(3); 2002 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2002;53(3):319-324.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2002.53.3.319 Published online September 1, 2002.

A Case of Cavitary Pulmonary Metastases of Primary Cavitary Lung Cancer.

Ji Heon Jung, Hong Mo Kang, Jang Ha Kim, Byung Ho Lee, Joung Eun Soh, Seung Joon Lee, Cheon Ung Choi, Jee Hong Yoo, Dong Wook Sung

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea. kumcim@chollian.net
²Department of Radiology, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Many disorders and abnormalities are accompanied by cavitary lesoin of the lung and one of the most common causes of cavitary lung disease are primary and metastatic lung neoplasms. but cavitary formation of primary lung cancer is not frequent and cavitary or cystic pulmonary metastases of this is also rare. We report a case of cavitary pulmonry metastases of primary lung cancer proven by bronchoscopic biopsy and chest CT. The patients was 60 year-old heavy smoker who had never been underlying lung diseases 7 years ago and complained chronic cough. The chest CT showed primary lung cancer in right low lobe with multiple cavitary or cystic metastases in both lungs and multiple lymphatic metastases.

Key Words: Primary cavitary lung cancer, Cavitary pulmonary metastases