Progressive dyspnea due to pulmonary carcinoid tumorlets

Progressive dyspnea due to pulmonary carcinoid tumorlets

This is a case description of a female patient, 77 years-old, who presented with progressive dyspnea and cough. She had a mild hypoxemia in the arterial blood gases (PaO2 72 mmHg) and normal spirometry. The chest computer tomography revealed diffuse “ground glass” opacities, segmental alveolitis, br...

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Main Authors: Anastasios Kallianos, Lemonia Velentza, Paul Zarogoulidis, M.D, Ph. D, Sofia Baka, Christoforos Kosmidis, Sofia Labaki, George Lazaridis, Haidong Huang, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Georgia Trakada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Pulmonary carcinoid tumorlet
Dyspnea
Neuroendocrine lung cells hyperplasia
Nodules
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117300916

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