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Adenocarcinoma
New adenocarcinoma findings from C. Godo and co-authors described
June 3rd, 2008
"Endobronchial location of metastases is uncommon. We report a 83 Year-old woman with a history of a left hemicolectomy due to tubular colon adenocarcinoma, three years ago," scientists in Chile report. "She consulted in the emergency room for progressive dyspnea, cough an mucous sputum. There was abolition of breath sounds and dullness in the left hemithorax. Chest X ray examination showed a complete opacity of the left lung. She was treated as a Pneumonia and her left lung expanded again. Three weeks later, left lung atelectasis relapsed. A bronchial biopsy sbowed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, compatible with colon adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemistry...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-03)
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