Unusual presentation of primary lung adenocarcinoma mimicking pneumonia: Case report and literature review

Primary lung adenocarcinoma, diffuse pneumonic type, can mimic the clinical presentation of an infectious or inflammatory lung disease, which can represent a diagnostic challenge. We present an unusual case of adenocarcinoma of the lung refractory to treatment, associated with rapid deterioration of...

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Autores principales: Daoud, Asil, Laktineh, Amir, El Zein, Said, Soubani, Ayman O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100881
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author Daoud, Asil
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description Primary lung adenocarcinoma, diffuse pneumonic type, can mimic the clinical presentation of an infectious or inflammatory lung disease, which can represent a diagnostic challenge. We present an unusual case of adenocarcinoma of the lung refractory to treatment, associated with rapid deterioration of respiratory status, ARDS requiring intubation and ultimately death.
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spelling pubmed-65867732019-06-27 Unusual presentation of primary lung adenocarcinoma mimicking pneumonia: Case report and literature review Daoud, Asil Laktineh, Amir El Zein, Said Soubani, Ayman O. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Primary lung adenocarcinoma, diffuse pneumonic type, can mimic the clinical presentation of an infectious or inflammatory lung disease, which can represent a diagnostic challenge. We present an unusual case of adenocarcinoma of the lung refractory to treatment, associated with rapid deterioration of respiratory status, ARDS requiring intubation and ultimately death. Elsevier 2019-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6586773/ /pubmed/31249777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100881 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Unusual presentation of primary lung adenocarcinoma mimicking pneumonia: Case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100881
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