TY - JOUR
T1 - A 79-year-old man with interstitial lung disease and cryptic area of high 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in left upper lobe
AU - Rapicetta, Cristian
AU - Lococo, Filippo
AU - Carbonelli, Cristiano
AU - Sverzellati, Nicola
AU - Di Paolo, Maria Liberata
AU - Cavazza, Alberto
AU - Serra, Silvia
AU - Ricchetti, Tommaso
AU - Gasparini, Elisa
AU - Cesario, Alfredo
AU - Sgarbi, Giorgio
AU - Brandi, Loris
AU - Paci, Massimiliano
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Seven 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 fi brotic lung disease with associated areas of emphysema.
AB - Seven 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 fi brotic lung disease with associated areas of emphysema.
KW - ged Carcinoembryonic Antigen/blood Colmethods Colorectal Neoplasms/complications Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology
KW - ged Carcinoembryonic Antigen/blood Colmethods Colorectal Neoplasms/complications Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/152052
U2 - 10.1378/chest.14-2680
DO - 10.1378/chest.14-2680
M3 - Article
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 148
SP - e175-e180
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
ER -
