Pulmonary Metastases of Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Hemoptysis

Pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as multiple cutaneous metastases

1. Resident in Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal 2. Senior Consultant, Department of Dermatology, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal 3. Head, Department of Dermatology, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Central Lisbon Hospital Center – Lisbon, Po...

Multiple lung metastases presenting as ground-glass opacities in a pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report

INTRODUCTION Focal ground-glass opacity on computed tomography suggests several disorders including inflammatory disease, fibrosis, or a primary lung neoplastic lesion, metastatic lung tumor. CASE PRESENTATION The case of a 55-year-old female presenting with adenocarcinoma of the lung is herein reported. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a primary mass lesion in the upper lobe of the ...

Undiagnosed Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Multiple Brain Metastases

Brain metastases from gastrointestinal malignancies are exceedingly rare occurrences that carry a very poor prognosis. This holds especially true in cases where brain metastases from esophageal primaries are the initial presentation of a previously unidentified gastrointestinal malignancy. Our patient, a 60-year-old male with a past history of a right temporal teratoma, family history of breast...

Basal cell nevus syndrome presenting as a tender mass of the jaw: A case report

Pulmonary metastases from basal-cell carcinoma of skin.

Although rodent ulcers are a relatively common malignant condition of the skin, pulmonary metastases arising from them are extremely rare. There have so far been only 29 authenticated reports of this condition. A further case is described of a man who, at the age of 35, developed a rodent ulcer (typical basal-cell carcinoma) on the forehead. Despite local excisions, skin grafting, and radiother...