A Rare Case of Progressive Dyspnea and Bilateral Lung Infiltration in a Young Male.

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Author	Ağca, Meltem Akyıl, Fatma Tokgöz Hörmet, Merve Akman, Oğuzhan Akman, Canan Şen, Ayçim Sevim, Tülin
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis (PLC) is defined as infiltration of the lymphatic vessels and perilymphatic connective tissue with tumor cells, which is secondary to malignancy. Therefore, it rarely appears as an initial finding preceding a diagnosis of malignancy. A 30-year-old male patient was hospitalized in our clinic with a pre-diagnosis of interstitial lung disease owing to the complaints of dry cough, progressive dyspnea, and acute respiratory insufficiency. He was diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma, which is a histologic subtype of adenocarcinoma, via gastroscopy, and lung involvement was consistent with PLC. Regardless of the patient age, PLC should be considered in differential diagnoses of progressive dyspnea, acute respiratory failure, and widespread interstitial lung involvement.
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ISSN	21487197
Volume Number	18
PubMed Central reference number	PMC5783090
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	29404170
Journal	Turkish Thoracic Journal [Turk Thorac J]
e-ISSN	21492530
DOI	10.5152/turkthoracj.2017.16052
Language	English
Publisher	Turkish Thoracic Society
Publisher Date	2017-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	© Copyright 2017 by Turkish Thoracic Society
Subject Keyword	Progressive dyspnea lymphangitic carcinomatosis gastric cancer
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine