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3D Printed Metastatic Carcinoma
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3D Printed Metastatic Carcinoma
Clinical History
This 47 year old woman was admitted with terminal carcinomatosis. On examination
a hard liver and a right pelvic mass were palpable. She had been ill with constitutional symptoms for months and she
finally sought medical attention. She was admitted for palliative care and died shortly afterwards.
Pathology
The left lung has been sliced longitudinally to display the cut surface. Multiple pale
tumour nodules of varying size are scattered throughout the lung substance. Near the hilum several nodules are
confluent. The hilar lymph nodes contain pale tumour tissue. Small tumour nodules can be seen beneath the thickened
pleura. Histologically these were metastatic deposits of adenocarcinoma. At post-mortem there was an adeno-carcinoma
of ovary, with metastases in lungs, heart, liver and pericardium.
Further Information
Pulmonary metastases are more common than primary lung cancer. Malignant
disease arising anywhere in the body may spread to the lungs. Sarcomas usually metastasize by the bloodstream, and
carcinomas spread either via the bloodstream or the lymphatic system or both.
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The models are very detailed and delicate. With normal production machines you cannot realize such details like shown in these models.
The printer used is a color-plastic printer. This is the most suitable printer for these models.
The plastic material is already the best and most suitable material for these prints. (The other option would be a kind of gypsum, but this is way more fragile. You even cannot get them out of the printer without breaking them).The huge advantage of the prints is that they are very realistic as the data is coming from real human specimen. Nothing is shaped or stylized.
The users have to handle these prints with utmost care. They are not made for touching or bending any thin nerves, arteries, vessels etc. The 3D printed models should sit on a table and just rotated at the table.