Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with rectal carcinoma--a paraneoplastic syndrome or coincidence?
The association between lung cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is well documented, complicating > or = 10% of cases involving IPF. This association is considered to be a result of neoplastic degeneration, rather than a paraneoplastic phenomenon. However, rectal carcinoma has only rarely been linked to paraneoplastic manifestations. We describe a young patient with IPF that preceded the appearance of rectal carcinoma by 6 mo. The possible association between the two disorders is discussed.
Haviv
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Division of Medicine and Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kramer
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Safadi
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D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*