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MDPI, Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 1(84), p. 33-37, 2015

DOI: 10.5603/piap.a2015.0085

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Pulmonary lesions in the course of gastric cancer — two cases of Bard’s syndrome

Journal article published in 2015 by Michał Zieliński, Marek Ochman, Jan Głowacki, Jerzy Kozielski
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The Bard’s syndrome is a medical condition related to miliary dissemination of gastric cancer to the lungs. Difficulties in diagnosis are associated with the need of differentiation between numerous diseases, which may manifest as disseminated lesions in the lung parenchyma on chest radiograph. Despite the advanced proliferative process, primary focus of neoplasm frequently remains subclinical. Metastatic lesions cause many symptoms in the respiratory system, suggesting primary pulmonary pathology. The Bard’s syndrome should be always taken into account in differential diagnosis of disseminated lesions, particularly due to prevalence of gastric cancer. The study presents two cases of patients with disseminated pulmonary lesions, corresponding to gastric cancer metastases on radiological imaging.