A Rare Case of Malignant Lung Cancer in a 20-Year-Old Patient: Possible Diagnostic Pitfalls

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Iride Porcellini Miriam Patella Antonio Valenti Stefano Cafarotti

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Iride Porcellini
Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Giovanni Hospital, Via Ospedale, Bellinzona, Switzerland

A B S T R A C T

We present a case of a 20-year-old male with a rare form of malignant lung cancer. The patient had a long history of respiratory symptoms that have been repeatedly treated as a pulmonary infection. Despite several hints of the ineffectiveness of the therapy, the diagnosis and definitive surgical treatment were made 4 months after the onset of symptoms. Our aim is to highlight the importance of an efficient diagnostic process within multidisciplinary discussion and to warn clinicians on potential pitfalls related to unusual clinical presentation.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Tue 16, Jun 2020
Accepted: Mon 29, Jun 2020
Published: Mon 06, Jul 2020

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© 2023 Iride Porcellini. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSO.2020.03.12