Incidental extensive adenocarcinoma in lungs explanted from a transplant recipient with an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis flare-up: A clinical dilemma
Patients under consideration for lung transplantation as treatment for end-stage lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) often have risk factors such as a history of smoking or concomitant emphysema, both of which can predispose the patient to lung cancer. In fact, IPF itself incre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118301588 |