Solitary Metastasis of Bronchogenic Adenocarcinoma to the Internal Auditory Canal: A Case Report
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 1227-1229, 2009.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-63981
ABSTRACT
We report a patient with an isolated metastasis to the internal auditory canal (IAC) of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma. A 58-yr-old man who had received 6-cycle of chemotherapy under diagnosis of non-small cell lung carcinoma (T4N2M0) two years ago was referred to our department with vertigo, right-sided facial paralysis and right-sided hearing loss. A provisional diagnosis of vestibular schwannoma or meningioma involving right IAC was made from magnetic resonance imaging. The patient underwent a translabyrinthine removal of the tumor. Histopathological study of the resected lesion showed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma compatible with bronchogenic origin. The patient died 9 months after surgery from extensive brain metastasis despite postoperative radiation therapy. In patients with a previous history of treatment of malignancy elsewhere in the body, the possibility of IAC metastasis must be considered when an IAC lesion is detected.
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Main subject:
Ear Neoplasms
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Adenocarcinoma
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Fatal Outcome
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Lung Neoplasms
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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