항생제 치료 후 호전을 보여 진단이 늦어진 폐선암/세기관지폐포암 1예
Consolidative Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Presenting as Pneumonia, and This Led to a Late Diagnosis due to the Improvement after Antibiotic Therapy
허은영 (서울대학교)
이재석 (서울의대)
윤호일 (서울의대)
이재호 (서울대학교)
이춘택 (서울대학교)
강영애 (서울의대)
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초록
고령의 폐렴 환자들에게 적절한 치료를 하였는데도 방사선 검사상, 호전되지 않고, 병변이 남아있는 ‘호전되지 않는 폐렴(non-resolving pneumonia)’ 환자들을 종종 볼 수 있다. 여러 가지 원인들에 따라 환자들마다 방사선학적 호전을 보이는 기간이 매우 다양하다. 흔하지는 않지만, ‘호전되지 않는 폐렴’의 원인이 경화성 폐암으로 뒤늦게 진단되는 경우도 있다. 경화성 병변으로 나타나는 세기관지폐포암의 경우 다양한 임상 증상과 영상 소견을 보일 수 있고, 폐렴과 구분이 어려워 주의를 요한다. 경화성 폐암의 경우, 조기진단을 하면 근치적 절제가 가능하기 때문에 신속하고 정확한 검사를 시행하는 것이 중요하다. 따라서, 폐렴 환자들에서 처음 검사에서 악성 세포가 없었다고 하더라도, 경화성 병변이 지속된다면 세기관지폐포암을 염두에 두고 신중하게 추가 검사를 고려해야 한다.
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- Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, Consolidation, Non-resolving pneumonia
Abstract
Non-resolving or slowly resolving pulmonary infiltrates in spite of administering adequate antimicrobial therapy are a clinical diagnostic challenge for physicians. The rate of radiographic resolution varies with the patients’ age, the underlying comorbidities, the extent of radiographic involvement, the functional status and the causal pathogens. It is important to differentiate non-resolving or slowly resolving bacterial pneumonia from other uncommon infectious pneumonias or malignancies that require invasive diagnostic techniques to confirm the diagnosis. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma can present with various clinical and radiographic features. Unfortunately, the radiographic similarity of consolidative BAC to pneumonia often leads to an incorrect diagnosis of pneumonia and possibly significant delays in obtaining appropriate diagnostic studies. We describe here a case of a mixed adenocarcinoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma that was initially diagnosed as pneumonia due to the consolidation pattern on the radiography and the patient’s initial improvement with antibiotic treatment.
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- Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, Consolidation, Non-resolving pneumonia
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