Lung adenocarcinoma

Case contributed by Alexandre Lefèvre
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Dyspnea and raised D-dimer. Suspicion of pulmonary embolism.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
ct

Extensive low attenuation right perihilar consolidation with long-segment air-bronchograms which demonstrate only mild irregularity and no obvious distortion.

Encased pulmonary artery branches and relatively poor enhancement in the right upper lobe.

Contiguous mediastinal infiltration and lymphadenopathy stenosing the superior vena cava.

Multiple bilateral well-demarcated nodules compatible with airways spread of tumor.

Right pleural effusion.

Left adrenal nodule, indeterminate.

Bronchus biopsy

pathology

Case Discussion

Lung adenocarcinoma presenting as a dense pneumonic consolidation with mediastinal infiltration, lymphadenopathy and lung metastases.

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