Difference between revisions of "Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma"

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• Can present as nodular, diffure (rare) and multifocal
• Mucus creating which may mimic pneumonia.
• Absent lymphadenopathy
• Can have false negative on PET
• Not associated with smoking

Subtypes include: Clara Cell, Tall Cell Epithelial and Type II Pneumocyte

Differential Diagnosis

• COP
• Eosinophillic pneumonia
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Alveolar proteinosis
• Lymphoma