Jun 1, 2024 · The term miliary opacities refers to innumerable, small 1-4 mm pulmonary nodules scattered throughout the lungs. It is useful to divide these patients into those who are febrile and those who are not.

The prognosis of miliary pulmonary metastases (MPM), which are characterized as randomly disseminated, innumerable, and small metastatic nodules, has been considered as being poor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and survival of MPM in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Miliary mottling on imaging is usually infectious in etiology and is less commonly seen with metastatic cancers. The cancers that are reported to cause miliary metastases include secondaries from cancers of the thyroid, kidney, trophoblasts, etc.

Jun 25, 2019 · Miliary metastases are associated with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based study.

Miliary pulmonary metastasis characterized by tiny nodules is a rare metastatic pattern in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is usually seen in patients harboring an EGFR mutation, and amylase-producing lung cancer is highly uncommon ...

The lungs are the second most frequent site of metastatic growth from extra-thoracic malignancies, with secondary pulmonary lesions being detected in 20–54% of cases. The most common primary tumors to result in pulmonary metastases include breast, colorectal, renal carcinoma, uterine leiomyosarcoma, and head & neck carcinoma.

Jun 20, 2023 · Background: The prognosis of miliary pulmonary metastases (MPM), which are characterized as randomly disseminated, innumerable, and small metastatic nodules, has been considered as being poor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and survival of MPM in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Oct 28, 2022 · Miliary lung metastasis is a unique feature of lung metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), indicating hematogenous dissemination. Some studies reported more frequency of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and worse prognosis in these patients.

Jun 6, 2017 · Metastatic pulmonary disease manifesting with miliary nodules is an uncommon pattern of hematogenous metastasis to the lungs. Imaging findings are like those seen in infectious miliary nodules with innumerable diffuse and basal predominant micronodules.

Oct 1, 2018 · Miliary lung metastases have been reported to be frequently observed in nοn-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with major EGFR mutations, which consist of exon 19 deletion and exon 21 L858R. However, it remains undetermined whether NSCLC with minor EGFR mutations possesses characteristics similar to those with major EGFR mutations.