Open AccessUpper aerodigestive tract cancer and the lung: A tale of two aspirations
Author(s) -
Pradeep Vaideeswar,
Ratnaprabha Ghodke
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.105450
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , lymphatic system , lung cancer , cancer , respiratory tract , pathology , respiratory system
Patients with upper aerodigestive epithelial cancers frequently develop second primary cancers due to common risk factors or develop distant metastases depending on the locoregional status of the primary tumor. In most instances, the organ affected is the lung. Pulmonary spread usually occurs due to hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination. The following is a report of two patients with upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinomas who developed lung metastases due to aspiration, a route not well documented in recent literature.