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Images in Thorax
Images in Thorax
Endobronchial metastasis of osteosarcoma presenting as position-dependent and variable airway obstruction of the trachea
  1. O Mazboudi1,
  2. M R Abboud2,
  3. S Muwakkit2,
  4. S Akel3,
  5. A Husari1
  1. 1
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut – Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  2. 2
    Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut – Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  3. 3
    Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut – Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  1. Correspondence to Dr A Husari, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P O Box 11-236, Riad El Solh Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon; ah51{at}aub.edu.lb

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2008.112086

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    Endobronchial metastasis secondary to osteosarcoma is distinctly rare.1 2 We report a young man with metastatic osteosarcoma who presented with position-dependent dyspnoea. A CT scan of the chest showed a soft tissue mass that originated from the left lung, causing significant volume loss of the left lung, extended through …

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