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Brain metastases secondary to tumor emboli from primary lung cancer during lobectomy
Yasushi Cho1, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga
1Division of Cancer Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 25, 2008
Abstract:
It is assumed that dissemination of tumor cells during pulmonary resection may be followed by metastases. A 70-year-old man with pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung had brain metastases develop secondary to brain infarction caused by tumor emboli during lobectomy. This is a rare case that clearly showed brain metastases as a consequence of tumor emboli during pulmonary resection.
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