Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation
The diagnosis of lymphangitic carcinomatosis is challenging due to the manifestation of nonspecific symptoms and radiographic abnormalities that bear similarity to those of interstitial lung disease. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with lymphangitic carcinomatosis from me...
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| description | The diagnosis of lymphangitic carcinomatosis is challenging due to the manifestation of nonspecific symptoms and radiographic abnormalities that bear similarity to those of interstitial lung disease. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with lymphangitic carcinomatosis from metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma, 3 months after her initial presentation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c7f9ec6e8fcf43ed89c3ab4c1b2fe4882025-02-03T06:05:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142020-01-01202010.1155/2020/41509244150924Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign PresentationSwati Pandey0Shishir Ojha1Elkhart General Hospital, 600 East Blvd, Elkhart, IN 46514, USAElkhart General Hospital, Beacon Medical Group Pulmonology, 500 Arcade Avenue, Suite 210, Elkhart, IN 46514, USAThe diagnosis of lymphangitic carcinomatosis is challenging due to the manifestation of nonspecific symptoms and radiographic abnormalities that bear similarity to those of interstitial lung disease. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with lymphangitic carcinomatosis from metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma, 3 months after her initial presentation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4150924 |
| spellingShingle | Swati Pandey Shishir Ojha Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
| title | Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation |
| title_full | Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation |
| title_fullStr | Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation |
| title_short | Delays in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis due to Benign Presentation |
| title_sort | delays in diagnosis of pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis due to benign presentation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4150924 |
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