Case report: lymphangitic carcinomatosis from cervical carcinoma--an unusual presentation of diffuse interstitial lung disease.
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.
Perez-Lasala
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Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
Cannon
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Mansel
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McGehee
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Allen
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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*