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ArticleCureus2023

Unusual Presentation of Multiple Lung Nodules in a Patient With Supraglottic Squamous Cancer: A Rare Infectious Cause Revealed.

Zakaria Alagha, Ibrahim Shanti, Muhammad Ghallab, Amro Al-Astal

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Zakaria AlaghaInternal Medicine, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, USA.
Ibrahim ShantiInternal Medicine, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, USA.
Muhammad GhallabInternal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC Health and Hospitals, Queens, New York, USA.
Amro Al-AstalInternal Medicine/Pulmonology, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary nodules are commonly encountered in medical practice, necessitating thorough evaluation due to their diverse etiologies. Identifying the underlying cause is of utmost importance, particularly in patients with a history of extrapulmonary cancer, to differentiate between metastasis and other etiologies. We present a rare case of a 24-year-old male with supraglottic squamous cancer who developed multiple pulmonary nodules, which surprisingly were caused by a rare infectious agent. The patient presented with bilateral infiltrates on imaging, raising strong suspicion of metastatic disease from primary cancer. However, bronchoscopy and biopsy revealed no malignancy but confirmed the presence of

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bronchoscopycorynebacterium spplaryngeal tumorsmultiple nodules in the lungpulmonary critical care

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PMID37731425
PMCPMC10508244

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