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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Ewing sarcoma - intermed mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Lung metastasis ([[Ewing sarcoma]]). [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = primary lung cancer ([[adenocarcinoma of the lung]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the lung]], [[small cell carcinoma of the lung]]), [[pulmonary meningothelial-like nodule]], [[carcinoid tumourlet]], [[carcinoid lung tumour]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        = TTF-1 (-ve useful if non-squamous), CK20 (+ve suggestive colorectal carcinoma), CK7 (-ve useful if non-squamous), GATA3 (+ve suggestive UCC)
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      = lung nodules - typically multiple and peripheral
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[lung]]
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx = +/-history of malignancy
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = relatively common
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      = peripheral lung lesions, typically multiple
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = usually poor
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = lung primary, abscess, multiple benign lung tumours as may be seen in [[DIPNECH]]
| Tx        = dependent on primary site, occasionally surgical
}}
'''Lung metastasis''', also '''pulmonary metastasis''' and '''metastatic lung disease''', is relatively common and generally carries a poor prognosis.
'''Lung metastasis''', also '''pulmonary metastasis''' and '''metastatic lung disease''', is relatively common and generally carries a poor prognosis.


==General==
==General==
*Relatively common.
*Relatively common.
==Gross==
*Typically peripheral, multiple, well-circumscribed & white/tan masses.
*May be diffuse without an obvious mass +/- septal thickening.
<gallery>
Image: Metastatic_prostatic_adenocarcinoma_(3944215449).jpg | Prostate carcinoma. (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Variable - dependent on site of origin.
*Variable - dependent on site of origin.
*[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]] - usually distinctive morphologically:
**Typically gland forming.
***Ellipsoid/elongated pseudostratified nuclei with moderate [[nuclear atypia]].
***+/-Dirty necrosis.
*Others:
**[[Urothelial carcinoma]] - may mimic [[squamous cell carcinoma of the lung]].
**Upper GI adenocarcinoma (e.g. [[gastric adenocarcinoma]]) - may mimic [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
**Breast carcinoma - esp. [[ductal carcinoma of the breast]] - may mimic [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
DDx:
*Primary lung tumour, e.g. [[lung adenocarcinoma]], [[lung squamous cell carcinoma]], [[small cell carcinoma of the lung]].
*[[Pulmonary meningothelial-like nodule]].<ref name=pmid23109985>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kfoury | first1 = H. | last2 = Arafah | first2 = MA. | last3 = Arafah | first3 = MM. | last4 = Alnassar | first4 = S. | last5 = Hajjar | first5 = W. | title = Mimicry of Minute Pulmonary Meningothelial-like Nodules to Metastatic Deposits in a Patient with Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. | journal = Korean J Pathol | volume = 46 | issue = 1 | pages = 87-91 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.1.87 | PMID = 23109985 }}</ref>
*[[Carcinoid tumourlet]].
*[[Carcinoid lung tumour]].


[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]]:
===Images===
*Typically gland forming.
<gallery>
**Ellipsoid/elongated pseudostratified nuclei with moderate [[nuclear atypia]].
Image:Ewing sarcoma - intermed mag.jpg | Lung metastasis ([[Ewing sarcoma|ES]]) - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
**+/-Dirty necrosis.
Image:Ewing sarcoma - high mag.jpg | Lung metastasis (ES) - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Ewing sarcoma - very high mag.jpg | Lung metastasis (ES) - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma (5917779709).jpg | Prostate carcinoma. (WC/Rosen)
Image:Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma (5918338484).jpg | Prostate carcinoma. (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>


==IHC==
==IHC==
*TTF-1 -ve (may be positive).
*TTF-1 -ve/+ve.
*CK20 +ve/-ve (+ve in colorectal carcinoma, -ve in lung primaries).
**Negative suggestive of metastasis... unless it is [[squamous carcinoma]].
*GATA3 +ve/-ve (usu. +ve in [[urothelial carcinoma]], -ve in lung primaries<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chang | first1 = A. | last2 = Amin | first2 = A. | last3 = Gabrielson | first3 = E. | last4 = Illei | first4 = P. | last5 = Roden | first5 = RB. | last6 = Sharma | first6 = R. | last7 = Epstein | first7 = JI. | title = Utility of GATA3 immunohistochemistry in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix, anus, and lung. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1472-6 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318260cde7 | PMID = 22982890 }}</ref>).
*CK20 +ve/-ve.
**Positive in colorectal carcinoma - very useful.
**Negative in lung primaries.
*GATA3 +ve/-ve.
**Usu. +ve in [[urothelial carcinoma]].
**Negative in lung primaries.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chang | first1 = A. | last2 = Amin | first2 = A. | last3 = Gabrielson | first3 = E. | last4 = Illei | first4 = P. | last5 = Roden | first5 = RB. | last6 = Sharma | first6 = R. | last7 = Epstein | first7 = JI. | title = Utility of GATA3 immunohistochemistry in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix, anus, and lung. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1472-6 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318260cde7 | PMID = 22982890 }}</ref>
*CK7 -ve/+ve.
**Positive in lung adenocarcinoma and small carcinoma of the lung.
**Positive in a number of other tumours - breast, upper GI tract, thyroid, mesothelioma, [[salivary gland]].
**Negative in poorly differentiated carcinoma of the lung and squamous carcinoma of the lung.


==See also==
==See also==
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