CASE REPORT
A rare presentation of Adenoid cystic carcinoma of
parotid gland as metastatic Endobronchial growth
during Bronchoscopy with multiple ‘Bilateral Cannon
ball’ lung metastasis in chest radiograph
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Pulmonary Medicine Department, MIMSR Medical college, Latur, Maharashtra, India
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Department of Radiodiagnosis, MIMSR Medical college, Latur, Maharashtra, India
Publication date: 2016-08-06
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Patil Shital
Pulmonary Medicine Department1
MIMSR Medical college, Latur, Maharashtra, India
Eur J Gen Med 2016;13(3):67-69
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ABSTRACT
Adenoid cystic carcinoma are relatively less common type of salivary gland tumour including parotid gland, and is the only histological type having propensity to
spread distantly by lympho-hematogenous and other ‘classical perineural’ spread. Adenoid cystic carcinoma as a primary salivary gland tumor arising in bronchus
is known entity although is exceptionally rare. In this case report, 43 year male with past history of adenoid cystic carcinoma of left parotid gland which was
operated 4 years back and received post-operative radiotherapy presented with shortness of breath clinically. We observed ‘cannon ball opacities bilaterally’ over
chest radiograph and Endobronchial growth during bronchoscopy. Histopathology confirmed as a metastatic lung cancer. We recommend bronchoscopy of all the cases
with bilateral cannon ball metastasis as it will help in diagnosis endobronchial growth.