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Pages 709-713 (September - October 2008)
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Vol. 14. Issue 5.
Pages 709-713 (September - October 2008)
Caso Clínico/Clinical Case
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Gânglio inguinal como única evidência de cancro progressivo do pulmão
Inguinal lymph node as the only evidence of progressive lung cancer
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Zafer Kocak1, Mert Saynak1,
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mertsaynak@gmail.com

Correspondence: Mert Saynak, MD, Trakya University Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Edirne 22030, Turkey, Tel: + 90 284 2361778, Fax: + 90 284 2361074.
, Fulya Oz-Puyan2, Irfan Cicin3, Rusen Cosar-Alas1, Murat Caloglu1, Gundeniz Altiay4, Sernaz Uzunoglu3
1 Departments of Radiation Oncology, Trakya University Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
2 Pathology, Trakya University Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
3 Medical Oncology, Trakya University Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
4 Chest Disaese, Trakya University Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
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Os tumores que metastizam para os gânglios inguinais têm frequentemente origem nos órgãos genitais e reprodutores, na pele, no recto ou ânus, ou na bexiga 1,2. Há, no entanto, algumas descrições de casos raros de metástases inguinais de tumores localizados acima do diafragma2−5, e apenas três destes apresentavam uma metástase inguinal reconhecida antes da morte. Estes casos estão detalhadamente descritos na literatura médica de língua inglesa3−5. Os tumores primários destes casos eram mesotelioma maligno e carcinomas do conduto salivar e da mama. Descrevemosum caso de carcinoma do pulmão que metastizou para gânglio inguinal, como única evidência de cancro do pulmão progressivo.

Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (5): 709-713

Palavras-chave:
Carcinoma do pulmão de não pequenas células
gânglio inguinal
metástase
progressão da doença
Abstact

Tumours that metastasise to groin nodes most frequently originate in genital and reproductive organs, skin, rectum or anus, or urinary bladder 1,2. However, rare cases of inguinal metastases from tumours above the diaphragm have been reported 2−5 and only three of them had an inguinal metastasis which was recognised antemortem and reported in detail in the English medical literature 3−5. The primary tumours of these cases were malignant mesothelioma, salivary duct and breast carcinoma. In this paper, we report a case of carcinoma of the lung metastatic to an inguinal lymph node as the only evidence of progressive lung cancer.

Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (5): 709-713

Key-words:
Non-small cell lung carcinoma
inguinal lymph node
metastasis
disease progression
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