Case Report
Lung Adenocarcinoma Presented with Extensive Pulmonary Calcification
Alaa Omar Shalaby 1
, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel 1
, Ahmed Al Halfawy 1
, Hassan Amin 1
, Sabah Ahmed Hussein 1
, Hassan Gamal Yamamah 1
, Mohamed Shaaban Mousa 1
, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel 1
, Ahmed Al Halfawy 1
, Hassan Amin 1
, Sabah Ahmed Hussein 1
, Hassan Gamal Yamamah 1
, Mohamed Shaaban Mousa 1
1Department of Chest diseases, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
J Clin Pract Res 2019; 41(1): 114-116 DOI: 10.14744/etd.2019.49002
Abstract
Calcification in lung lesions includes many differential diagnoses and usually indicates a benign course. However, its interpretation is challenging due to many etiologies. Radiological visualization of extensive calcification in bronchogenic carcinoma is not familiar and may cause confusion and misdiagnosis; however, it may be rarely seen and has also been rarely reported. We documented a case of lung adenocarcinoma with extensive calcification in computed tomography (CT) of chest and diagnosed as mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung by bronchoscopic lung biopsy.
Keywords: Lung adenocarcinoma, lung cancer with calcification, calcified adenocarcinoma of lung, lung calcification, pulmonary calcification