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DISAPPEARANCE OF METASTASES

DISAPPEARANCE OF METASTASES To the Editor:— The appearance of the lesions in the roentgenograms was so characteristic for pulmonary metastases (rounded and sharply limited, almost homogeneous, large in size and few in number, and growing rapidly in a patient who lost much weight in a short time) that they were read as metastatic in nature even before the primary tumor was found. When a nephrectomy was performed and an adenocarcinoma was found, the diagnosis of metastases became definite. Many statements appear in the literature about the value of roentgenograms in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastases. Rigler, in "Outline of Roentgen Diagnosis" (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954, p. 93), wrote that in almost all cases the diagnosis of pulmonary metastases can be definitely made by this means alone, as the lesions, even in their early stages, are very characteristic. In "The Chest and the Heart" (edited by Myers and McKinlay, Springfield, Ill., Charles http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

DISAPPEARANCE OF METASTASES

JAMA , Volume 170 (8) – Jun 20, 1959

DISAPPEARANCE OF METASTASES

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To the Editor:—
The appearance of the lesions in the roentgenograms was so characteristic for pulmonary metastases (rounded and sharply limited, almost homogeneous, large in size and few in number, and growing rapidly in a patient who lost much weight in a short time) that they were read as metastatic in nature even before the primary tumor was found. When a nephrectomy was performed and an adenocarcinoma was found, the diagnosis of metastases became...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1959 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1959.03010080104030
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Abstract

To the Editor:— The appearance of the lesions in the roentgenograms was so characteristic for pulmonary metastases (rounded and sharply limited, almost homogeneous, large in size and few in number, and growing rapidly in a patient who lost much weight in a short time) that they were read as metastatic in nature even before the primary tumor was found. When a nephrectomy was performed and an adenocarcinoma was found, the diagnosis of metastases became definite. Many statements appear in the literature about the value of roentgenograms in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastases. Rigler, in "Outline of Roentgen Diagnosis" (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954, p. 93), wrote that in almost all cases the diagnosis of pulmonary metastases can be definitely made by this means alone, as the lesions, even in their early stages, are very characteristic. In "The Chest and the Heart" (edited by Myers and McKinlay, Springfield, Ill., Charles

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 20, 1959

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