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A solitary gastric metastasis from pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report
  1. Min Hee Lee1,
  2. So Ri Kim1,
  3. Jae Seung Soh1,
  4. Myoung Ja Chung2,
  5. Yong Chul Lee1
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine and Research Center for Pulmonary Disorders, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
  1. Correspondence to Yong Chul Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-180, South Korea; leeyc{at}chonbuk.ac.kr

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2009.122382

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    A 77-year-old male complained of persistent cough and sputum for 2 months. Chest radiography showed a solitary mass with solid opacity in the right upper lung (RUL) (figure 1A, arrow). A CT scan of the chest demonstrated an irregular mass measuring 3.8×2.8 cm in the RUL (figure 1B, arrow). Histologically, the tumour was interpreted as a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (figure 1C–E).

    Figure 1

    (A) Chest x-ray shows a round mass in the right upper lobe measuring ∼4 cm. (B) CT scan of the chest demonstrates a solitary round mass in the right upper lobe measuring 3.8×2.8 cm with a speculated margin, pleural tagging and focal enhancement. (C) H&E staining of the lung mass tissues. This shows a papillary pattern and …

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    • Funding This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (A084144) and by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) through the National Research Lab. Program funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (R0A-2005-000-10052-0(2008)).

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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