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. 1994 Dec;49(12):1271–1272. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.12.1271

Respiratory failure with diffuse patchy lung infiltrates: an unusual presentation of squamous cell carcinoma

Marc Meysman 1,2, Danny F Schoors 1,2, Hendrik Reynaert 1,2, Marc Noppen 1,2, Erwin Pierre 1,2, Walter Vincken 1,2
PMCID: PMC475340  PMID: 7878568

Abstract

The case history is presented of a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with diffuse bilateral pulmonary shadowing mimicking bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma which led to type I respiratory failure.

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