Pneumonic-type mucinous lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy

Rick Balestra; Akilan Selvaraju; Sadia Benzaquen; Dani S Zander

doi:10.1002/rcr2.222

Pneumonic-type mucinous lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy

Respirol Case Rep. 2017 Feb 28;5(3):e00222. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.222. eCollection 2017 May.

Authors

Rick Balestra¹, Akilan Selvaraju¹, Sadia Benzaquen¹, Dani S Zander²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA.

Abstract

Primary lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth can mimic diffuse pulmonary parenchymal processes like infectious pneumonia or idiopathic inflammatory pneumonitis. We report a case of subacute pneumonitis refractory to antibiotic therapy and empirical corticosteroids, proven to be diffuse mucinous adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth on transbronchial cryobiopsy.

Keywords: Cryobiopsy; diffuse parenchymal lung disease; lung adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports