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Endobronchial metastasis from prostate cancer

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We describe a case of endobronchial metastasis from prostate cancer originally diagnosed as primary bronchogenic carcinoma. We conducted a sleeve lobectomy and determined a final diagnosis using a serum-prostate-specific antigen and immunohistochemical studies.

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  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 4-6 Minatojima-Naka-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0046, Okayama, Japan

    Yutaka Takahashi, Takashi Nakashima, Takanobu Kobayashi & Jiro Tamada

  2. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Mitsugu Ohmasa

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  1. Yutaka Takahashi
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Takahashi, Y., Nakashima, T., Kobayashi, T. et al. Endobronchial metastasis from prostate cancer. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 49, 669–670 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02912477

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