Multiple cavitary pulmonary metastases from pancreatic cancer diagnosed using transbronchial lung cryobiopsy.

Takashi Funasaka, Yasushi Makino, Tomofumi Shibata, Hirotoshi Yasui, Yasutaka Fukui, Mitsuru Odate, Takayasu Ito
Author Information
  1. Takashi Funasaka: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan. ORCID
  2. Yasushi Makino: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan.
  3. Tomofumi Shibata: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan.
  4. Hirotoshi Yasui: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan. ORCID
  5. Yasutaka Fukui: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan.
  6. Mitsuru Odate: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan.
  7. Takayasu Ito: Department of Respiratory Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan.

Abstract

Multiple cavitary pulmonary metastases are rare, and cavitary lung lesions have various aetiologies and differential diagnoses. Therefore, radiological diagnosis of lung cavities is extremely difficult. Herein, we report a case of pancreatic cancer with multiple cavitary pulmonary metastases diagnosed using transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC), that required differentiation from pulmonary lesions of Sj��gren's syndrome whose pulmonary manifestation may present as bronchiectasis and cystic change. TBLC may be useful for the diagnosis of multiple lesions because sufficiently large specimens can be obtained to allow pathological evaluation of the lung parenchyma and bronchiolar lesions.

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