Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis
Miliary nodules are an uncommon pattern of hematogenous metastasis to the lung. Here, we present a case of 54-year-old nonsmoking woman with history of previous tuberculosis exposure who was found to have a metastatic miliary lung adenocarcinoma and a unilateral large pleural effusion. This case pro...
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2023-06-01
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| author | Fadi Aldaghlawi Ziad Shaman Johnathon DallaRosa Shoji Shimizu Linlin Yang Michael Infeld |
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| description | Miliary nodules are an uncommon pattern of hematogenous metastasis to the lung. Here, we present a case of 54-year-old nonsmoking woman with history of previous tuberculosis exposure who was found to have a metastatic miliary lung adenocarcinoma and a unilateral large pleural effusion. This case provides an example of an uncommon constellation of radiographic findings that were shown to be due to metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8d4d14737729493facb9716bcfaed7f22025-08-20T02:12:58ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642023-06-012610.7326/aimcc.2022.1078Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking TuberculosisFadi Aldaghlawi0Ziad Shaman1Johnathon DallaRosa2Shoji Shimizu3Linlin Yang4Michael Infeld51Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio2Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University–MetroHealth, Cleveland, OhioMiliary nodules are an uncommon pattern of hematogenous metastasis to the lung. Here, we present a case of 54-year-old nonsmoking woman with history of previous tuberculosis exposure who was found to have a metastatic miliary lung adenocarcinoma and a unilateral large pleural effusion. This case provides an example of an uncommon constellation of radiographic findings that were shown to be due to metastatic lung adenocarcinoma.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1078 |
| spellingShingle | Fadi Aldaghlawi Ziad Shaman Johnathon DallaRosa Shoji Shimizu Linlin Yang Michael Infeld Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis |
| title_full | Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis |
| title_short | Miliary Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma With Large Pleural Effusion Mimicking Tuberculosis |
| title_sort | miliary never smoking lung adenocarcinoma with large pleural effusion mimicking tuberculosis |
| url | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1078 |
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