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Injection of Syngeneic Murine Melanoma Cells to Determine Their Metastatic Potential in the Lungs
Published on: May 24, 2016
[Metastasis from tumor to tumor]
1Wissenschaftliches Mediko-Biologisches Institut, Lehrstuhl für Pathologische Anatomie, Medizinischen Akademie Sofia, Bulgarien.
Abstract:
Reported in this paper are two autopsy cases in which metastases were recorded from oat-cell carcinomas of the lung to other tumors. In one case, formation of metastases was extended into a hamartochondroma of the other lung, while an adenocarcinoma of the pancreas was affected in the other. Different possible explanations for the phenomenon observed are discussed, and particular reference is made to the important role played by autopsy in accurate investigation of interrelations between coexisting tumors.
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