Tracheal Metastasis of Lung Cancer: CT Findings in Six Patients
Semin Chong1,
Tae Sung Kim1 and
Joungho Han2
1 Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical
Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu,
Seoul 135-710, South Korea.
2 Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University
School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

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Fig. 1A 53-year-old man who had undergone right middle and lower
lobectomy for squamous cell carcinoma 52 months earlier (patient 3 in
Table 1). Chest CT scan shows
10-mm endotracheal nodule (arrow) in right lower posterolateral
portion of trachea.
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Fig. 1B 53-year-old man who had undergone right middle and lower
lobectomy for squamous cell carcinoma 52 months earlier (patient 3 in
Table 1). Photomicrograph of
transaxial section of gross specimen obtained from tracheal resection and
anastomosis shows endotracheal polypoid nodule (arrows) with
transmural growth. (H and E, x1)
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Fig. 1C 53-year-old man who had undergone right middle and lower
lobectomy for squamous cell carcinoma 52 months earlier (patient 3 in
Table 1). Photomicrograph of
pathologic specimen reveals well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
showing densely eosinophilic foci (arrows) corresponding to keratin
pearl formation. (H and E, x200)
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Fig. 2A 60-year-old man who had undergone left upper lobectomy for
adenocarcinoma 26 months earlier (patient 1). Chest CT scan shows 13-mm
endotracheal nodule (arrow) in left upper posterolateral portion of
trachea.
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Fig. 2B 60-year-old man who had undergone left upper lobectomy for
adenocarcinoma 26 months earlier (patient 1). Photomicrograph of
histopathologic specimen obtained from bronchoscopic biopsy shows
adenocarcinoma forming acini (arrow) and micropapilla
(arrowheads). (H and E, x200)
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Fig. 3A 68-year-old man who had undergone left upper lobectomy for
squamous cell carcinoma 17 months earlier (patient 2). Chest CT scan shows
eccentric thickening (arrow) of anterior midline portion of tracheal
wall.
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Fig. 3B 68-year-old man who had undergone left upper lobectomy for
squamous cell carcinoma 17 months earlier (patient 2). Photomicrograph of
histopathologic specimen obtained from bronchoscopic biopsy shows nest of
squamous cell carcinoma (arrowheads) in submucosal layer. Note normal
overlying respiratory mucosa (arrows). (H and E, x100)
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