Author/Editor		Turel, Matjaž; Mušič, Ema; Benedik, Stanislav; Zorman, Marjeta; Rott, Tomaž; Mermolja, Milivoj
Title		Pljučna limfangiokarcinomatoza
Translated title		Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 34, št. 1
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 117-27
Language		slo
Abstract		Diffuse interstitial lung diseases, in the strict sense, are immunologically mediated inflammations accounting for up to 5 pct. of all pulmonary diseases, while diffuse interstitial lung diseases in the broader sense (infections, toxic damage, radiation injury, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases) account for up to 20 pct. of lung diseases. Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of middle-aged and elderly patients. Six to eight per cent of all metastases to the lungs show characteristic features of pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis. A rare case of pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis with clinical signs of diffuse interstitial lung disease is reported. In this patient with multiple ventricular polyposis diagnosed 8 years previously, primary adenocarcinoma was found in a malignant polyp. By presenting this case, the author whishes to draw attention to some characteristics of pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis which may help the clinician to make a correct diagnosis, although in most cases it is hard to distinguish between different forms of diffuse interstitial lung diseases.
Descriptors		LUNG NEOPLASMS LYMPHANGITIS LYMPHANGIOMA