OVERVIEW LUNG METASTASESFACT SHEET

Incidence
8 Metastasis is the most common malignancy in the lung
8 Incidence varies between 30% and 55%
Pathogenesis of Metastasis
8 Direct extension
8 Vascular and lymphatic invasion
8 Pleural space seeding
8 Airway dissemination
Pathologic Presentations and Associated Neoplasms
Cystic nodules
Endometrial stromal sarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Miliary nodules Thyroid
(medullary) carcinoma
Prostatic carcinoma
Pancreatic carcinoma
Melanoma
Cavitary nodules
Colonic carcinoma
Head and neck carcinomas
Cervical carcinoma
Osteosarcoma
Calcified nodules
Thyroid (papillary) carcinoma
Colonic carcinoma
Osteosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma
Solitary nodule
Renal cell carcinoma
Breast carcinoma
Colonic carcinoma
Urothelial carcinoma
Melanoma
Osteosarcoma
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Breast carcinoma
Gastric carcinoma
Pancreatic carcinoma
Prostatic carcinoma
Lymphoma

Tumor emboli
Renal cell carcinoma
Gastric carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Breast carcinoma
Sarcoma (origin from large vessels)
Choriocarcinoma
Endobronchial masses
Breast carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma
Colonic carcinoma
Melanoma
Sarcoma
Pleural effusion/ metastasis
Breast carcinoma
Ovarian carcinoma
Gastric carcinoma
Lymphoma
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage
Angiosarcoma
Choriocarcinom