Bronchorrhea—An Uncommon Presentation of Bronchoalveolar Carcinoma

Autor:	Shilpa Gandhi, Bhaskar Das
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Air bronchogram bronchoalveolar carcinoma bronchorrhea cough Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
Zdroj:	The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 41-44 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2320-8775 2320-9089
DOI:	10.4103/jacp.jacp_13_18
Popis:	A 40-year-old female with cough, bronchorrhea of 500 ml/day, and breathlessness since 5 months was found to have bilateral ground glass opacities (GGOs) in the lung on contrast-enhanced computed tomography of thorax (CECT thorax). Bronchoscopy was normal. Pulmonary function tests were deranged. She was taken for an open-lung biopsy under local anesthesia. Biopsy from suspicious areas of right upper lobe and lower lobe via a minithoracotomy was s/o bronchoalveolar carcinoma. Patient received pemetrexed + gefitinib therapy on immunohistochemistry and survived for 18 months postcompletion of chemotherapy. Bronchorrhea was reduced after initiation of chemotherapy.
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