Cavitary Pulmonary Metastases
Authors: MARJORIE LEMAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 January 1965Cavitary Pulmonary MetastasesMARJORIE LEMAY, M.D., ANTHONY J. PIRO, M.D.MARJORIE LEMAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ANTHONY J. PIRO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-1-59 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMetastatic carcinoma is often not considered in the differential diagnosis of multiple, thin-walled cavitary lesions in the lung and yet, in the New England area, such lesions are more apt to be caused by carcinoma than by fungal diseases. Because of the relatively small number of patients reported with pulmonary cavitary metastases, nine cases collected over the past several years at the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital are discussed here. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, MassachusettsFrom the Radiology and Cancer Chemotherapy Services of the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital and the Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Anthony J. Piro, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Cancer Chemotherapy Department, 150 South Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 02130. 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