Multiple Metastasizing Pleomorphic Adenomas of the Lung

Intern Med. 2017;56(6):691-694. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7596. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

Abstract

A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with abnormal findings on chest X-ray. Her medical history was remarkable in that she had presented with a pleomorphic adenoma in the right parotid gland treated by surgical removal approximately 12 years previously. Chest computed tomography showed well-defined non-calcified nodules of the bilateral lobes, so she underwent segmentectomy of the right upper lobe and middle lobe. The histopathological diagnosis was metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma of the lung, a rare entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Pleomorphic / pathology*
  • Adenoma, Pleomorphic / surgery
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed