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ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine

Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: Unusual presentation.

Nuha Nasser Alrajhi, Muthurajan P Paramasivam, Ahmad Amer Alboukai, Ammar C Alrikabi, Esam Hamad Alhamad

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Article in Annals of thoracic medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Neuroendocrine syndrome in bronchial carcinoid tumors.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020
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  3. Carcinoid Tumorlets Co-Existing with Chronic Pulmonary Inflammatory Processes: Imaging Findings and Histological Appearances.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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5 authors.

Nuha Nasser AlrajhiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Muthurajan P ParamasivamDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad Amer AlboukaiDepartment of Radiology, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ammar C AlrikabiDepartment of Pathology, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Esam Hamad AlhamadDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNEC) is an abnormal proliferation of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells that occur without underlying etiology. Here, we report a unique case of 55-year-old female with unusual presentation of DIPNECH and thymoma and on the background history of Crohn's disease that might point toward an autoimmune phenomenon. To the best of our knowledge, there were no previous reports of DIPNECH with either thymoma or Crohn's disease. DIPNECH has premalignant potential and reported in association with carcinoid and non-small cell lung cancer; however, its autoimmune association never reported. The presence of multiple lung nodules along with evidence of small airway disease should alert the physician to include DIPNECH as part of the differential diagnosis given its malignant potential. The prognosis is variable and depends on the presence or absence of underlying malignancy as well as the severity of airflow obstruction.

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Crohn's diseasediffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasiathymoma

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PMCPMC6467018

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