Abstract
Two cases of lung cancer in which the tumor adhesion to the aortic wall was considered on the bronchial angiogram are presented. In these cases, the bronchial angiographic (BAG) findings are as follows : (1) neovascularity along the outer margin of the aorta, (2) neovascularity crossing and encompassing the aorta.In 1st case, the mediastinal lymphadenopathy with adhesion to the aortic wall in which metastatic lymph nodes could not be torn off the aorta was surgically proven. In 2nd case, although not surgically proven, CT scan demonstrated no radiolucency between the primary lung tumor and the aortic wall. This CT finding is also considered to be equal to the above BAG findings. After completion of radiotherapy, CT revealed that lung mass was disappeared almost completely and that the aortic outline was normally rounded.
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