Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; Female ; Hernia ; etiology ; Humans ; Lung Diseases ; etiology ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; Middle Aged

Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; Aged ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; Male ; Pulmonary Embolism ; complications

Perianal Paget's disease (PPD) is a rare malignant cutaneous tumor. This paper reported a case of PPD complicated by lung adenocarcinoma and anal canal cancer. The patient, a 76-year-old female, had been experiencing recurrent lower abdominal pain and perianal pruritus for the past 5 years. Upon physical examination, a cauliflower-like neoplasm in size of 5 cm×6 cm was observed on the right perianal skin, with local skin ulceration and a small amount of fluid discharge. The left perianal skin was also involved. In thoracoknee position, a hard mass was palpable in the rectal submucosa at 5-6 points 2 cm from the anal verge. Chest CT revealed multiple lesions in both lungs, indication of metastatic tumors. Further evaluation with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) indicated multiple hypermetabolic nodules in the lungs, hypermetabolic lymph nodes throughout the body, early FDG uptake in a small patch of skin on the left hip, and increased FDG uptake in the anorectal region. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. This resulted in the patient being diagnosed with PPD, lung adenocarcinoma, anal canal cancer, and systemic multiple lymph node metastasis. The combination of PPD with gastrointestinal tumors and other metachronous malignant tumors is highly prevalent. Colonoscopy, FDG-PET/CT, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry play crucial roles in early identification of local lymph node and distant involvement, facilitating the evaluation of potential malignant tumors and differential diagnosis. Treating methods for PPD are currently diverse, including postoperative combined or single chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and photodynamic therapy. As trerapeutical options continue to develop, the extent and efficacy of surgery need to be reassessed.
Female ; Humans ; Aged ; Paget Disease, Extramammary/pathology* ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography ; Adenocarcinoma of Lung/complications* ; Lung Neoplasms/complications*

The clinical data for a patient with primary lung adenocarcinoma complicated with pulmonary hamartoma, who admitted to Zunyi Medical University Hospital in September 2020, was retrospectively analyzed. The 62-years-old male visited outpatient service because of dysphagia in March 2015, and the pulmonary nodules were found. In September 2020, the computed tomography indicated the enlarged nodule in the lower lobe of left lung with lobulation, and there was ground glass nodule in the upper lobe of left lung. After thoracoscopic wedge surgery, the primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in the upper lobe of left lung and pulmonary hamartoma in the lower lobe of left lung were confirmed by pathology. Whole exon sequencing revealed that kinesin family member 20B (KIF20B) gene was not expressed in lung adenocarcinoma, but was expressed in pulmonary hamartoma. The clinical manifestations of lung adenocarcinoma complicated with pulmonary hamartoma was not typical, which could locate in the same side and different sides of the lung. The imaging manifestations of the 2 kinds of tumors were diverse and can not be completely distinguished. The pathological examination after surgery is the gold standard, and the possibility of malignant transformation of pulmonary hamartoma should be warned.
Adenocarcinoma of Lung/complications* ; Hamartoma/surgery* ; Humans ; Kinesins ; Lung/pathology* ; Lung Neoplasms/surgery* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies

The aim of our study was to describe the radiologic findings of extensive acute lung injury associated with limited thoracic irradiation. Limited thoracic irradiation occasionally results in acute lung injury. In this condition, chest radiograph shows diffuse ground-glass appearance in both lungs and thin-section CT scans show diffuse bilateral ground-glass attenuation with traction bronchiectasis, interlobular septal thickening and intralobular smooth linear opacities.
Acute Disease ; Adenocarcinoma/radiotherapy ; Adenocarcinoma/pathology ; Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy ; Adenocarcinoma/complications* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/radiotherapy ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/complications* ; Journal Article ; Human ; Lung/radiation effects* ; Lung/pathology ; Lung Neoplasms/radiotherapy ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology ; Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Lung Neoplasms/complications* ; Male ; Middle Age ; Radiation Injuries/radiography ; Radiation Injuries/pathology ; Radiation Injuries/etiology* ; Thorax/radiation effects

Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; Aged ; Cerebral Infarction ; complications ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal ; Endocarditis ; complications ; Endocarditis, Non-Infective ; complications ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; Mutation ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; metabolism ; Recurrence

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion is one of the common clinical manifestations of patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Patients with pleural effusion at the initial diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma usually indicate poor prognosis. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations mainly occur in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Patients with different mutant subtypes have different prognosis. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with EGFR mutated lung adenocarcinoma of different molecular subtypes combined with pleural effusion at initial diagnosis are still unclear. This study was designed to explore the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of these patients in order to provide management recommendations for them. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics, treatment, outcomes and progression-free survival (PFS) of first-line treatment in patients with EGFR mutated lung adenocarcinoma combined with pleural effusion at initial diagnosis admitted to Department of Medical Oncology and Radiation Sickness, Peking University Third Hospital from January 2012 to June 2021 was performed. Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test were performed for comparison between groups. Kaplan-Meier method was performed for survival analysis and Cox proportional risk regression model was performed for multivariate analysis. RESULTS: 76 patients met the inclusion criteria in this study. The incidences of EGFR classical mutations 19del, 21L858R and non-classical mutations were 46.0%, 38.2% and 15.8%, respectively among these patients. There was no significant difference between the three mutations in terms of gender, age, presence of dyspnea at presentation, whether other distant metastases were combined, site of pleural effusion, volume of pleural effusion, presence of other combined effusions, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage, presence of other gene mutations, and treatment of pleural effusion (P>0.05). In patients with EGFR classical mutations 19del or 21L858R or non-classical mutations subtype, the proportion of chemotherapy in first-line regimens were 17.1%, 20.7% and 58.3%, respectively (P=0.001); and first-line disease control rates were 94.3%, 75.9% and 50%, respectively (P=0.003); pleural effusion control rates were 94.3%, 79.3% and 66.7%, respectively (P=0.04); PFS were 287 d, 327 d and 55 d, respectively (P=0.001). Univariate analysis showed that EGFR mutation subtype, control of pleural effusion, first-line treatment agents, and first-line treatment efficacy were significantly associated with PFS (P<0.05). Cox multifactorial analysis showed that only EGFR mutation subtype and first-line treatment efficacy were independent prognostic factors for PFS (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS PFS was significantly better for classical mutations than for non-classical mutations in patients with EGFR mutated lung adenocarcinoma combined with pleural effusion at initial diagnosis. Improving the efficacy of first-line therapy is the key to improve the prognosis of these patients.
Adenocarcinoma of Lung/genetics* ; ErbB Receptors/genetics* ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology* ; Mutation ; Pleural Effusion/complications* ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the high resolution CT (HRCT) features of cyst-like lung adenocarcinoma, explore the correlation between HRCT image features and histopathological characteristics, and observe the pathological basis of air-containing space.

METHODSHRCT and histopathologic findings of cyst-like lung adenocarcinoma in 86 patients were investigated retrospectively. The image features of both tumor and air-containing space were analyzed. All surgically resected specimens were reviewed. The pathological analysis included histologic subtype, differentiation degree, and the pathological basis of air-containing space formation. The correlation between HRCT image features and histopathologic grades was analyzed.

RESULTSOn HRCT, intratumoral necrosis was detected in 17 cases (19.8%), air-containing space with septa in 40 cases (46.5%), wall nodule in the air-containing space in 16 cases (18.6%), mixed thick and thin walls of air-containing space in 49 cases (57.0%). Air-containing space and its wall were observed in 63 cases on histological specimens, among which destruction of the alveolar wall by tumor cells might be the pathological basis of air-containing space in 42 (66.7%) cases. Differences of tumor attenuation (P = 0.030), intratumoral necrosis (P = 0.003) and proportion of thin-wall in air-containing space (P = 0.014) among different histopathologic grades were significant. The proportion of thin-wall in air-containing space was negatively correlated with histological grade (r = 0.267, P = 0.015). Differences of tumor contour (P = 0.002), tumor attenuation (P = 0.006), intratumoral necrosis (P < 0.001), septa in air-containing space (P = 0.016) and proportion of thin-wall in the air-containing space (P = 0.005) among different differentiation degrees were significant. The proportion of thin-wall in air-containing space was positively correlated with differentiation degree (r = 0.266, P = 0.013).

CONCLUSIONSOn HRCT, cyst-like lung adenocarcinoma may manifest as an air-containing space with septa and mixed thin and thick walls, whereas wall nodule of air-containing space and intratumoral necrosis are not common. There is a certain correlation of HRCT manifestation with pathological subtype grading and tumor differentiation. Analysis of HRCT image features is helpful in prediction of the histopathologic grading and histological differentiation degree of the tumors. Destruction of the alveolar structure by tumor cells may be the main pathological basis of air-containing space formation in cyst-liked lung adenocarcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cysts ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Diseases ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; methods

We present four cases of concomitant early (modified Ficat-Arlet stage I) avascular necrosis of the femoral head and acute bacterial arthritis of the hip joint by Gram-negative enteric bacilli. This was found in immunosuppressed oncologic patients whose clinical presentations and radiological findings were not entirely specific for joint sepsis. It is important to recognise the coexistence of these two pathologies, so as to avoid a delay in diagnosis and prevent significant morbidity and mortality.
Acute Disease ; Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; microbiology ; Adult ; Arthritis, Infectious ; complications ; diagnosis ; Bacillus ; isolation & purification ; Contrast Media ; Female ; Femur Head Necrosis ; complications ; diagnosis ; Gram-Negative Bacteria ; isolation & purification ; Hodgkin Disease ; complications ; microbiology ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; complications ; microbiology ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; microbiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Myeloma ; complications ; microbiology ; Neoplasms ; complications ; microbiology ; Risk Factors ; Young Adult

Pneumothorax is a complication that rarely occurs after chemotherapy for lung cancer. We report the chest computed tomography findings of a case of spontaneous pneumothorax complicating docetaxel (Taxotere®) treatment for pulmonary metastasis in a 70-year-old woman with pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The patient developed bilateral pneumothoraces, which was induced by changes in the cavitary pulmonary metastatic lesions, after systemic chemotherapy with docetaxel. The chest computed tomography findings and possible mechanisms of this unusual complication are discussed in this report.
Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; drug therapy ; Aged ; Antineoplastic Agents ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; drug therapy ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Pneumothorax ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; drug therapy ; Taxoids ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed