Open AccessPneumonic‐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.