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Endobronchial Metastases from Extrathoracic Malignancy

Authors
 Sang Hoon Lee  ;  Ji Ye Jung  ;  Do Hoon Kim  ;  Sang Kook Lee  ;  Song Yee Kim  ;  Eun Young Kim  ;  Young Ae Kang  ;  Moo Suk Park  ;  Young Sam Kim  ;  Joon Chang  ;  Se Kyu Kim 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.54(2) : 403-409, 2013 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2013
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Breast Neoplasms/pathology ; Bronchial Neoplasms/epidemiology ; Bronchial Neoplasms/pathology ; Bronchial Neoplasms/secondary* ; Bronchoscopy ; Colonic Neoplasms/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Rectal Neoplasms/pathology ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Uterine Neoplasms/pathology
Keywords
Endobronchial ; metastasis ; bronchoscopy
Abstract
PURPOSE:
Endobronchial metastasis is defined as documented extrathoracic malignancies metastatic to the endobronchus within a bronchoscopically visible range. Although the clinical and radiologic findings of endobronchial metastasis are similar to primary lung cancer, treatment and prognosis may be different. We hereby investigated the clinical, radiologic and bronchoscopic aspects of endobronchial metastases (EBM) in Korean patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A total of 43 patients with EBM who underwent bronchoscopic biopsies from June 1991 to December 2009 at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, were analyzed retrospectively. We evaluated clinical, radiologic and bronchoscopic characteristics of EBM.
RESULTS:
The patients consisted of 27 males and 16 females and their ages ranged from 18 to 77 years. The common primary cancers related to EBM were rectal (16.3%), colon (11.6%), breast (9.3%) and uterine (9.3%) cancers. The mean interval from diagnosis of primary cancer to EBM was 36 months, and the mean survival duration from diagnosis of EBM was 16.1 months in 33 deceased patients.
CONCLUSION:
EBM develop in various types of malignancies at various times with unremarkable manifestations. Therefore, physicians should consider the possibility of EBM, especially if a patient has a history of any malignancy, regardless of respiratory symptoms. Respiratory symptoms related with EBM can be treated by various safe procedures.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2013.54.2.403
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Young Ae(강영애) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7783-5271
Kim, Se Kyu(김세규)
Kim, Song Yee(김송이) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8627-486X
Kim, Young Sam(김영삼) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-8482
Kim, Eun Young(김은영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-5744
Park, Moo Suk(박무석) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0820-7615
Lee, Sang Kook(이상국)
Lee, Sang Hoon(이상훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7706-5318
Chang, Joon(장준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-6841
Jung, Ji Ye(정지예) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-4142
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/87358
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