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Cannonball pulmonary metastases

Case contributed by Fahd Alshehri
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Shortness of breath.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Frontal and lateral chest radiographs showing innumerable bilateral pulmonary masses and nodules with no zonal predominance, in keeping with pulmonary metastases. 

Case Discussion

This patient has a known history of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast. 

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