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Hemoneumotórax/cirugía , Neumotórax/cirugía , Cirugía Torácica Asistida por Video , Adolescente , Hemoneumotórax/complicaciones , Hemoneumotórax/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Masculino , Neumotórax/complicaciones , Neumotórax/diagnóstico por imagen , Radiografía , Cirugía Torácica Asistida por Video/métodosRESUMEN
Pulmonary metastases from a benign meningioma are rare occurrence, and the possible coexistence with other malignancies may be neglected in clinical practice. We report a patient with presumed stage IV lung cancer and a parietal meningioma. The patient underwent meningioma resection and a salvage operation for lung cancer. Palliative chemotherapy resulted in a partial response of the main tumor. Pathologic examination confirmed the rare coexistence of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma and benign metastatic meningiomas. Although distant metastases from meningiomas are infrequent clinically, the possibility of pulmonary involvement should not be ignored in patients with aberrant responses of separate lesions after chemotherapy.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Meningioma , Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/terapia , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Masculino , Meningioma/diagnóstico , Meningioma/terapia , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Primarias Múltiples/terapiaRESUMEN
A 48-year-old woman presented with 3 days of hoarseness and 1 week of unrelenting back pain. Her medical history was remarkable for an esophageal operation 20 years before to repair damage from caustic esophagitis. The computed tomography scan identified a large esophageal mucocele. Resection of the remaining intrathoracic esophagus was required for complete resolution of the patient's symptoms.