Ch. Kang et al., Lung metastases manifesting as pulmonary infarction by mucin and tumor embolization: Radiographic, high-resolution CT, and pathologic findings, J COMPUT AS, 23(4), 1999, pp. 644-646
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Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
We present a case of lung metastasis manifesting as lung infarction by muci
n and tumor embolization. The radiograph and high-resolution CT showed mult
iple focal consolidations with ground glass attenuation in subpleural areas
of both lungs. Diagnosis was made by open lung biopsy, which revealed pulm
onary infarction caused by intravascular adenocarcinoma with numerous mucus
emboli in pulmonary arteries. Subpleurally located consolidations on high-
resolution CT correlated well with the histologic findings of lung infarcti
on by mucin and tumor emboli.