• Chest · Dec 2015

    Case Reports

    A 79-Year-Old Man With Interstitial Lung Disease and Cryptic Area of High 18Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Left Upper Lobe.

    • Cristian Rapicetta, Filippo Lococo, Cristiano Carbonelli, Nicola Sverzellati, Maria Liberata Di Paolo, Alberto Cavazza, Silvia Serra, Tommaso Ricchetti, Elisa Gasparini, Alfredo Cesario, Giorgio Sgarbi, Loris Brandi, and Massimiliano Paci.
    • Chest. 2015 Dec 1; 148 (6): e175-80.

    AbstractSeven years after left hemicolectomy and radical lymph nodal dissection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (histotype, adenocarcinoma; stage, pT3N2M0; grading, G2), a slight increase in carcinoembryonic antigen levels (6.2 ng/mL; range, 0-5 ng/mL) was detected in a 79-year-old man. He was a heavy smoker with history of an interstitial fibrotic lung disease with associated areas of emphysema.

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