Lung tumors masquerading as desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP): Report of 7 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 921-924

  Raparia, Kirtee ^a   Ketterer, James ^b   Dalurzo, Mercedes L ^c   Chang, Yu Hui ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^b   Leslie, Kevin O ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cytology; desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP); lung adenocarcinoma; metastasis

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902537728     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000227     Document Type: Article

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