LIPID PNEUMONIA AND ASSOCIATED BRONCHIO-A LVEOLAR CARCINOMA

Citation
Jl. Breton et al., LIPID PNEUMONIA AND ASSOCIATED BRONCHIO-A LVEOLAR CARCINOMA, Revue des maladies respiratoires, 11(6), 1994, pp. 596-598
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
ISSN journal
07618425
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
596 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0761-8425(1994)11:6<596:LPAABL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The authors report a new case of bronchio-alveolar carcinoma which dev eloped on a background of iatrogenic exogenous lipid pneumonia; this a ssociation is extremely rare (less than 20 cases in the literature) an d poses the problem of possible cancer developing in the centre of the lipid pneumonia.