Abstract

KOCAK, Zafer et al. Inguinal lymph node as the only evidence of progressive lung cancer. Rev Port Pneumol [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.5, pp.709-713. ISSN 0873-2159.

Tumours that metastasise to groin nodes most frequently originate in genital and reproductive organs, skin, rectum or anus, or urinary bladder1,2. However, rare cases of inguinal metastases from tumours above the diaphragm have been reported2-5 and only three of them had an inguinal metastasis which was recognised antemortem and reported in detail in the English medical literature3-5. The primary tumours of these cases were malignant mesothelioma, salivary duct and breast carcinoma. In this paper, we report a case of carcinoma of the lung metastatic to an inguinal lymph node as the only evidence of progressive lung cancer.

Keywords : Non-small cell lung carcinoma; inguinal lymph node; metastasis; disease progression.

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