Lung metastasis manifested by solitary pure ground-glass opacity: A case report

VernacularTitle:单发纯磨玻璃结节为表现的肺转移癌一例
Author: Tao JING ¹ ; Tieniu SONG ¹ ; Xiaoping WEI ¹ ; Haiming FENG ¹ ; Shaobo ZHANG ¹ ; Cheng WANG ¹ ; Peng JIANG ¹ ; Bin LI ¹
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1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Breast cancer; pulmonary metastasis; pure ground-glass opacity; surgery; case report
From: Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2024;31(03):485-488
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: We reported a 32 years female patient in whom lung metastasis from breast cancer was presented as solitary pulmonary pure ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion. The patient received rational preoperative examinations and surgery though the preoperative diagnosis was not accurate. Because of different therapy strategies and purposes, it is crucial to make distinction of atypical metastases from primary cancers. Thus, for patients with a history of malignancy, possible metastasis should be taken into consideration if new GGO was found on the CT. Besides this, the follow-up interval of CT should be shortened appropriately, preoperative examinations and surgical procedures should be made according to the suggestions of multidisciplinary team.