Atypical Pulmonary Metastases from a True Malignant Mixed Tumor of the Parotid Gland.
10.3348/kjr.2009.10.2.202
- Author:
Wen Chiung LIN
1
;
Chao Shiang LI
;
Chih Kung LIN
;
Hsian He HSU
;
Tsun Hou CHANG
;
Tom Yun Cheng CHEN
;
Guo Shu HUANG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Atypical pulmonary metastases;
Computed tomography (CT);
Parotid gland, true malignant mixed tumor
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms/*secondary;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mixed Tumor, Malignant/*pathology;
Parotid Neoplasms/*pathology;
Radiography, Interventional;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2009;10(2):202-205
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 58-year-old male patient presented with a recurrent true malignant mixed tumor of the parotid gland. Patchy pulmonary opacities were identified with a chest radiograph. Subsequently, a CT scan of the chest showed pulmonary parenchymal consolidation with amorphous calcifications. This abnormality was confirmed to be the result of a metastatic true malignant mixed tumor by using CT-guided biopsy. The current case demonstrated an extremely rare example of atypical pulmonary metastases from a true malignant mixed tumor of the parotid gland showing an air-space pattern and calcification.
