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Case Report

Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 408-410

Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Masquerading As Pneumonia: A Case Report

Don Gregory Mascarenhas1, Susan D’souza2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine,
2Resident, Department of General Medicine,
Father Muller Medical College, Kankanady, Mangalore

Corresponding Author: Don Gregory Mascarenhas

ABSTRACT

Lung carcinoma is one of the most common cause of mortality all over the world. Many a times , diagnosis gets delayed due to atypical presentation. We present a case of BAC who presented as pneumonia.BAC should always be considered in differential diagnosis of non resolvingpneumonia .Timely diagnosis is required to avoid a bad prognosis.

Key words: BAC, bronchoscopy

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