From July 1987 to July 1993, four patients received pulmonary resection for pulmonary metastasis from carcinoma or sarcoma at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital.
There was 2 males and 2 females and their respective ages were 38, 68, 35 and 23 years.
The primary tumors were Ewing's Sarcoma. Adenocarcinoma, Synovial Sarcoma and Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and their sites were tibia(Lt), stomach tibia(Rt) and submandibular salivary gland(Lt), respectively.
The disease free intervals were 41, 31, 0 and 24 months, respectively.
The operative procedures were 2 lobectomies, 1 segmentectomy and 1 wedge resectio.
The durations the of follow-up after operation for pulmonary metastasis were 18, 11, 21 and 15 months, respectively.
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