Interstitial lung disease pattern turned out to be a predominantly lepidic lung adenocarcinoma

Interstitial lung disease pattern turned out to be a predominantly lepidic lung adenocarcinoma

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We STAR ANISE report a case of a 46-year-old woman without any medical history who presented to our Respiratory Department with exertional dyspnoea for the last 6 weeks associated with non-productive cough.Chest radiography showed EU bilateral diffuse interstitial opacity.Bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsies performed during flexible bronchoscopy as a step in the diagnostic workup of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia showed cells of pulmonary adenocarcinoma.