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Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Progressing to Multiple Cystic Lesions in a 29-Year-Old Man

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2012, v.72 no.2, pp.203-206












& (2012). Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Progressing to Multiple Cystic Lesions in a 29-Year-Old Man. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 72(2), 203-206.
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Abstract

Cystic lesions or progressive cystic changes in adenocarcinoma of the lung have rarely been reported. We report a case of lung adenocarcinoma that progressed from ground-glass opacities (GGOs) and consolidations or nodules to extensive cystic lesions during 12 months in a young adult patient. A 29-year-old male was initially diagnosed with primary lung adenocarcinoma by transbronchial lung biopsy of the right lower lobe and lung to lung metastasis in both lungs according to imaging findings. The initial chest computed tomography (CT) scans showed multifocal GGOs, consolidations, and nodules in both lungs. Despite treatment with palliative chemotherapy, the patient's follow-up CT scans showed multiple, cystic changes in both lungs and that the lesions had progressed more extensively. He died of hypoxic respiratory failure one year after his diagnosis.

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Adenocarcinoma, Cysts, Radiology

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