Abstract
Multiple pulmonary nodules on chest X-ray, known commonly as cannon ball secondaries, are the classical presentation of hematogenous dissemination of a malignant tumor to the lungs. This almost always indicates an advanced stage of the disease with a very grim outlook in terms of cure or survival. In this case report, we present a patient with very extensive cannon ball lung metastases due to adrenocortical carcinoma with a more favorable prognosis. This is the first case described in the literature of cannonball lung metastases from adrenocortical tumor in a man.
MeSH terms
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Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / complications*
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Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / pathology
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Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery
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Adrenocortical Carcinoma / complications*
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Adrenocortical Carcinoma / pathology
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Adrenocortical Carcinoma / surgery
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Aged
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / secondary
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Male
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Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnostic imaging*
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Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / pathology
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Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / secondary*
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Remission, Spontaneous
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Respiratory Insufficiency / complications
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed