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Respiratory medicine
An odd case of multiple "cannonball metastases"
Department of Integrated Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
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Dr Buchholz;
abciximab@doctors.org.uk
Accepted 8 April 2003
Answers on p 547.
Keywords: pulmonary leiomyomata; metastasising uterine leiomyomata
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An 84 year old woman was admitted to our acute stroke unit with sudden onset of slurred speech and right sided weakness of six hours’ duration. She gave a history of a previous myocardial infarct, chronic obstructive lung disease, and depression. On examination she was comfortable and there were no peripheral stigmata of chronic disease. Neurological examination was consistent with a left hemisphere lacunar stroke syndrome. Respiratory examination was unremarkable except for decreased breath sounds and dullness to percussion at the left base. A right thoracotomy scar in the fifth intercostal space was noted. Abdominal examination was insignificant except for a healed laparotomy scar. Routine blood tests including white cell count, C-reactive protein, and plasma viscosity were unremarkable. Cranial computed tomography showed marked generalised atrophy with evidence of widespread cerebrovascular disease and a small left sided lacunar infarct confirming the clinical diagnosis. There was no evidence of metastatic
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