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. 1996 May;51(5):552–553. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.5.552

Lymphangitis carcinomatosa complicating primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.

P S Craft 1, M S Reading 1, S Jain 1, R A O'Neil 1
PMCID: PMC473613  PMID: 8711691

Abstract

A patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and a diffuse pulmonary infiltrate is described. Computed tomographic scanning suggested lymphangitis carcinomatosa. This was confirmed on transbronchial biopsy to be due to metastatic mesothelioma.

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