In:
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2019 ( 2019-06-17), p. 1-4
Abstract:
Brain metastasis frequently develops in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we report a patient who developed brain metastasis from ALK -positive NSCLC which mimicked brain abscess. He was admitted for suspected obstructive pneumonia nine months after curative lung resection. Head magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cavitary lesion, which was compatible with brain abscess but rare in brain metastasis. However, after treatment with antibiotics, the brain lesion increased in size. Aspiration of the liquid content of the brain lesion revealed cancer cells. When a brain lesion suggestive of abscess develops in a patient with ALK -positive NSCLC, aspiration may be necessary to differentiate metastasis from abscess.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2090-6706
,
2090-6714
DOI:
10.1155/2019/9141870
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hindawi Limited
Publication Date:
2019
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2629911-2