Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma misdiagnosed as pneumonia: A case report.

antibiotic treatment invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma misdiagnosis pneumonia

Journal

Experimental and therapeutic medicine
ISSN: 1792-1015
Titre abrégé: Exp Ther Med
Pays: Greece
ID NLM: 101531947

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Historique:
received: 13 09 2022
accepted: 10 02 2023
entrez: 20 3 2023
pubmed: 21 3 2023
medline: 21 3 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Common imaging findings of invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma (IMA) include consolidation of the lung parenchyma, nodules, and ground-glass changes. However, the IMA imaging findings in the present case included diffuse, patchy and blurry density shadows through both lungs. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this image pattern has rarely been reported. The patient provided his consent and authorized the publication of photographs featuring his likeness. The present study reported a patient was diagnosed with IMA via pathologic and genetic analyses. Following antibiotic treatment, the lesions in both sides became larger. Further examinations were completed and IMA was confirmed by biopsy pathohistological examination. Pathological specimens were negative for almost all driver genes mutations, except KRAS. The patients and family refused further treatment, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and interventional chemotherapy and the patient was discharged from The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College. The present case report emphasized that IMA should be suspected when imaging studies show diffuse lesions throughout both lungs. When a patient does not respond to treatment, clinicians should consider alternative diagnoses.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36936707
doi: 10.3892/etm.2023.11867
pii: ETM-25-4-11867
pmc: PMC10015316
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

168

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © Yang et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Yuping Yang (Y)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Rongfei Huang (R)

Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Liping Xiang (L)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Jun Zeng (J)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Wei Zhao (W)

School of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Na Huang (N)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

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