title: Case report: lymphangitic carcinomatosis from cervical carcinoma--an unusual presentation of diffuse interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis is an unusual presentation of diffuse infiltrative lung disease. In this report, we present a case secondary to cervical carcinoma that has been previously reported in only four patients. The diagnosis was made by transbronchial lung biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perez-Lasala
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Mansel
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: McGehee
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*