Pulmonar collision tumor: metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma.
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We report an extraordinary case of collision tumor consisting of a lung adenocarcinoma and a metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma in a 56 year-old man. He was diagnosed with a pulmonary nodule 11 years after treatment of an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the right maxillary sinus. A non-small cell carcinoma was observed when a transbronchial biopsy was performed. The other component of the nodule was only diagnosed with pathological examination of the resection specimen.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista portuguesa de pneumologia
دوره 18 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012