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. 2017 May;11(5):OJ01.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25809.9798. Epub 2017 May 1.

Lymphangitic Pulmonary Metastasis: A Rare Finding in Gastric Carcinoma

James Benjamin Gleason  1 , Justin Dolan  1 , Anas Hadeh  2
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Lymphangitic Pulmonary Metastasis: A Rare Finding in Gastric Carcinoma

James Benjamin Gleason et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Computed tomography; Interstitial lung disease; Lymphangitic spread.

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Anteriorposterior chest x-ray demonstrating patchy bilateral interstitial opacities in the lower lung fields;
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Anteriorposterior chest x-ray performed before the onset of the patients symptoms. Here no interstitial opacities can be seen;
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[Table/Fig-3]:
CT scan of the chest, coronal view, demonstrating bilateral patchy peribronchial and interstitial opacities.
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CT scan of the chest, sagittal view, demonstrating bilateral patchy peribronchial and interstitial opacities with a basilar predominance;
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[Table/Fig-5]:
CT scan of the chest, axial view, again demonstrating diffuse bilateral interstitial opacities with the presence of few small thin walled peribronchovascular cysts.
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