[A rare case of pneumothorax: metastatic adamantinoma]

J Bras Pneumol. 2008 Jun;34(6):425-9. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132008000600014.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Here, we describe two cases of lung metastasis of adamantinoma of long bones, a low-grade bone neoplasm that rarely metastasizes. In both cases, the clinical presentation of the metastases was characterized by spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to tumor cavitation, a phenomenon described in only three of the studies reviewed in the literature. Clinical, radiological, and anatomopathological findings, as well as the procedures adopted in the two cases, are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adamantinoma / secondary*
  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumothorax / etiology*