2 CASES OF LUNG-CARCINOMA WITH OSTEOPLASTIC BONE METASTASIS

Two cases of lung carcinoma with osteoplastic bone metastasis are repo rted. The bone roentgenogram of a 66-year-old woman with pleuritis car cinomotosa revealed multiple sclerotic changes in the right forearm, l umbar spine, and pelvis. Biopsy at internal fixation of the left humer us revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma with osteoplastic change. In a 7 7-year-old man with small cell carcinoma of the lung, after chemothera py, osteoplastic bone changes were detected in roentgenograms. An ivor y vertebra formation was seen in L1, L2 and L4, and bone scintigram sh owed, additionally, uptake in the ilium.