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Malignant neoplasm of the breast which spread to the lung. the lung cancer is what type?
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Breast metastasis: Metastatic carcinoma of the breast. Adenocarcinoma most likely.
Answered 1/15/2021
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Same: With metastasis the distant lesion usually is the same histology -pathology as the primary. So breast adenocarcinomas will be the cell type in the chest- lung in the case cited.
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