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09.09.2020 | Case Report
An endobronchial recurrence of resected lung adenocarcinoma
Erschienen in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Ausgabe 2/2021
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We report a rare case of endobronchial metastasis arising from peripheral lung adenocarcinoma 12 months after its complete resection. A 69-year old man underwent left upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection. A year after surgery, a bronchial nodule was identified at the left main bronchus through a computed tomography study. A bronchoscope examination showed that the bronchial nodule in the cartilage was located apart from the stump of the upper bronchus. Thus, bronchoscopic resection was performed. The pathological diagnosis was papillary adenocarcinoma, which was identical to the pathology of the previously resected lung cancer. Endobronchial metastasis from the primary lung cancer was confirmed. The present case highlights that clinicians should pay more attention to this rare recurrence pattern of lung cancer.