Surgical intervention of countless metastatic lung lesions: A case report
β Scribed by Samuel Zylstra; Constantine Karakousis; Hiroshi Takita
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 806 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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β¦ Synopsis
A patient with countless metastatic bilateral lung lesions from sarcoma of an extremity was treated surgically. The patient is alive in good physical condition nearly 2 years following the surgery. Although there are residual pulmonary metastases, they appear to be stational. Surgical intervention of countless metastatic lung lesions may be indicated in selected cases.
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