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'''Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis''', | '''Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis''', abbreviated '''PLC''', is the presence of multiple foci of ([[metastatic]]) carcinoma in the lymphatic channels of the [[lung]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gilchrist FJ, Alton H, Brundler MA, Edwards L, Plunkett A, Rao S |title=Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis presenting as severe interstitial lung disease in a 15-year-old female |journal=Eur Respir Rev |volume=20 |issue=121 |pages=208–10 |year=2011 |month=September |pmid=21881149 |doi=10.1183/09059180.00000911 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Uncommon.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wallach JB, McGarry T, Torres J |title=Lymphangitic metastasis of recurrent renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral lung causing lymphangitic carcinomatosis and respiratory symptoms |journal=Curr Oncol |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=e35–7 |year=2011 |month=January |pmid=21331270 |pmc=3031363 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Uncommon.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wallach JB, McGarry T, Torres J |title=Lymphangitic metastasis of recurrent renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral lung causing lymphangitic carcinomatosis and respiratory symptoms |journal=Curr Oncol |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=e35–7 |year=2011 |month=January |pmid=21331270 |pmc=3031363 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Typically fatal.<ref name=pmid24612960>{{cite journal |author=Tighe D, Cavilla S, Simcock R |title=Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |journal=Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg |volume=43 |issue=7 |pages=806–10 |year=2014 |month=July |pmid=24612960 |doi=10.1016/j.ijom.2013.12.003 |url=}}</ref> | *Typically fatal.<ref name=pmid24612960>{{cite journal |author=Tighe D, Cavilla S, Simcock R |title=Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |journal=Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg |volume=43 |issue=7 |pages=806–10 |year=2014 |month=July |pmid=24612960 |doi=10.1016/j.ijom.2013.12.003 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Dyspnea (shortness of breath).<ref name=pmid21881149/> | *[[Dyspnea]] (shortness of breath).<ref name=pmid21881149/> | ||
==Radiology== | ==Radiology== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Metastasis]]. | *[[Metastasis]]. | ||
*[[Lymphangitic carcinomatosis]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||