Abstract
The differential diagnosis of persistent radiologic pulmonary shadow is broad and is illustrated and discussed with the help of four patients histories. The term chronic pneumonia is a misnomer. Particularly, slowly growing types of lung cancer should be considered as a potential etiology. They are potentially curable by surgical resection. Other diseases can be treated as soon as they are specified with appropriate diagnostic methods.
MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
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Adenocarcinoma / pathology
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Adenocarcinoma / surgery
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Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / diagnostic imaging*
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Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / pathology
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Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / surgery
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Aged
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Bronchoscopy
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Chronic Disease
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Humans
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Lung / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery
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Middle Aged
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Pneumonectomy
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Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
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Pneumonia / etiology*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed