Case Report
An unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Muhammad Y Ghumro ighumro@yahoo.com
1 Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gayton Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4ET, UK
2 Respiratory Unit, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0DZ, UK
Cases Journal 2009, 2:9401 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9401
Published: 27 December 2009Abstract
We report an unusual patient with primary adenocarcinoma of lung causing malignant pleural and pericardial effusions. The diagnosis was made only at autopsy as his staging computed tomography scan of chest was negative for an obvious mass lesion within the lung or pleura. Prior to his death, his symptoms were erroneously managed as left ventricular failure and community-acquired pneumonia.