Pneumonic‐type mucinous lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy | Zendy

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Pneumonic‐type mucinous lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy

Author(s) -

Balestra Rick,

Selvaraju Akilan,

Benzaquen Sadia,

Zander Dani S.

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

respirology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2051-3380

DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.222

Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , pneumonitis , lung , parenchyma , cryptogenic organizing pneumonia , pathology , refractory (planetary science) , radiology , cancer , physics , astrobiology

Primary lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth can mimic diffuse pulmonary parenchymal processes like infectious pneumonia or idiopathic inflammatory pneumonitis. We report a case of subacute pneumonitis refractory to antibiotic therapy and empirical corticosteroids, proven to be diffuse mucinous adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth on transbronchial cryobiopsy.

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