Tuberc Respir Dis.  1989 Jun;36(2):156-163. 10.4046/trd.1989.36.2.156.

3 Cases of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Metastasis from the Stomach Cancer Complaining Dyspnea

• KMID: 2528563
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1989.36.2.156

Abstract

The stomach cancer is the most common malignant tumor in men and second in women among Koreans, and most metastases to the lung parenchyma appear as solitary spherical masses or in a pattern of multiple nodules. Less commonly stomach cancer is spreaded to lung as lymphangitic metastasis, which is presented dyspnea or tachypnea. 3 patients were admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea, their chest PA showing interstitial lung disease. We then performed transbronchial lung biopsy, the result therefrom being metastatic adenocarcinoma. Therefore gastroscope was performed as a workup to look for primary site. We report 3 cases of pulmonary lymphatic metastasis which were correlated with endoscopic biopsy from stomach cancer pathologically, that were confirmed by transbronchial lung biopsy.