Difference between revisions of "Lung metastasis"

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| Micro      =
| Micro      =
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = primary lung cancer
| 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    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        = TTF-1 (-ve useful if non-squamous), CK20 (+ve suggestive colorectal carcinoma), CK7 (-ve useful if non-squamous), GATA3 (+ve suggestive UCC)
| IHC        = TTF-1 (-ve useful if non-squamous), CK20 (+ve suggestive colorectal carcinoma), CK7 (-ve useful if non-squamous), GATA3 (+ve suggestive UCC)
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| Prognosis  = usually poor
| Prognosis  = usually poor
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = lung primary, abscess
| ClinDDx    = lung primary, abscess, multiple benign lung tumours as may be seen in [[DIPNECH]]
| Tx        =
| Tx        = dependent on primary site, occasionally surgical
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'''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.
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DDx:
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>
*[[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 tumourlet]].
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