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ArticleEuropean clinical respiratory journal2024

Interstitial lung disease was suspected, but biopsy revealed pulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosa.

Solveig Randers Olesen, Sissel Kronborg-White, Line Bille Madsen, Elisabeth Bendstrup

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Article in European clinical respiratory journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. [Case report of lung cancer and pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis in a 12-year-old boy].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025
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4 authors.

Solveig Randers OlesenCenter for Rare Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-287X
Sissel Kronborg-WhiteCenter for Rare Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5526-5079
Line Bille MadsenDepartment of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-5547
Elisabeth BendstrupCenter for Rare Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-6963

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Pulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosa is a rare and severe manifestation of metastatic disease that causes pulmonary symptoms and radiologic patterns similar to interstitial lung diseases. Case presentation: We report a case of a 78-year-old woman who presented to our department with insidiously developed symptoms of fatigue, dry cough, and severe dyspnea for 3 months. Chest radiography showed bilateral interstitial changes. On suspicion of interstitial lung disease, bronchoscopy and transbronchial cryobiopsy were carried out. Surprisingly, histopathological investigation revealed pulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosa originating from primary breast adenocarcinoma. Conclusion: To achieve an accurate diagnosis and prevent delay of initiation of proper treatment a thorough diagnostic approach is necessary. In case of doubt, biopsy should be performed to secure clarification. In this case report we discuss the diagnostic value of transbroncial cryobiopsy for this purpose.

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breast adenocarcinomadyspnoeainterstitial lung diseasePulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosatransbronchial cryobiopsy

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PMCPMC11188942

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