A 75-year-old man complained of cough, worsening for one year, and loss of appetite on admission on Oct. 3, 1980.
Chest X-ray film showed a right hilar mass and multiple small cavities in both lungs. Chest tomograms revealed 17 nodular lesions and 22 cavitary lesions in both lungs. He succumbed about 2 months after admission.
Autopsy revealed multiple lesions with cavities in both lungs metastatic from primary squamous cell lung cancer.
