Brain Metastases Secondary to Tumor Emboli From Primary Lung Cancer During Lobectomy Yasushi Cho, MD, Yasuhiro Hida, MD, Kichizo Kaga, MD, Hiroaki Kato, MD, Mikiya Iizuka, MD, Satoshi Kondo, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 1, Pages 312-313 (July 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.029 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Chest computed tomographic scan shows a 4.5 × 4.2 cm mass lesion in the right middle lobe with a ground glass opacity shadow surrounding the tumor. (B) Microscopically, a pleomorphic carcinoma infiltrated the pulmonary vein. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 312-313DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.029) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging 4 hours after surgery showed cerebral infarction in the left temporal and frontal lobes (arrows). (B) T2-magnetic resonance imaging scan on postoperative day 43 showed metastases in the same positions as the infarction areas (arrows). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 312-313DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.029) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions