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Adénocarcinome pancréatique métastatique aux poumons : un train peut en cacher un autre !
- Source :
- Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, 2019, 36 (6), pp.738-741. ⟨10.1016/j.rmr.2019.04.005⟩, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Elsevier Masson, 2019, 36 (6), pp.738-741. ⟨10.1016/j.rmr.2019.04.005⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- Pulmonary metastases due to a pancreatic cancer are difficult to diagnose and demonstrate a wide range of radiological patterns. We report the case of a 37-year-old female patient, without past medical history, with multicystic lung disease in a context of chronic abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss. After several months of diagnostic delay, pathological examination of surgical lung biopsies led to the diagnosis of secondary deposits of pancreatic cancer. The clinical and radiogical situation deteriorated quickly with the development of alveolar consolidation and Aspergillus superinfection was then diagnosed. This case illustrates the value of an early decision to undertake surgical lung biopsy in the work-up of multicystic lung disease when cancer is suspected. In addition, in the specific context of cancer, faced with clinical and/or radiological deterioration, it is essential to look for infection, particularly aspergillosis.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Context (language use)
Lung biopsy
medicine.disease_cause
Aspergillosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pneumopathie infiltrante diffuse
Pancreatic cancer
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Past medical history
Lung
business.industry
Nodules excavés
Cancer
Cancer du pancréas
medicine.disease
3. Good health
medicine.anatomical_structure
030228 respiratory system
Superinfection
Aspergillose
[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering
Radiology
business
Maladie kystique multiple pulmonaire
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 07618425 and 17762588
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, 2019, 36 (6), pp.738-741. ⟨10.1016/j.rmr.2019.04.005⟩, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Elsevier Masson, 2019, 36 (6), pp.738-741. ⟨10.1016/j.rmr.2019.04.005⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c0d47bd122e030de0788f760a7fcd526