Presentation
Post chest port insertion.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Coin lesion: colorectal carcinoma metastasis
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Right IJV chest port with tip at the cavo-atrial junction. No pneumothorax. Left mid/lower zone pulmonary nodule projects over posterior left 9th rib.
From the case:
Coin lesion: colorectal carcinoma metastasis
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CT confirms the pulmonary nodule on chest x-ray is a solid soft-tissue density nodule.
Case Discussion
This nodule is a pulmonary metastasis from the patient's known history of colorectal carcinoma.