Mapel D W, Fei R H, Crowell R E
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131-5271, USA.
Lung Cancer. 1996 Sep;15(2):239-44. doi: 10.1016/0169-5002(96)00588-0.
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is rare in young adults, particularly in persons below the age of 30. Younger patients tend to present with advanced stages of carcinoma, and often have a rapidly deteriorating course. We describe a 25-year-old male who presented with diffuse interstitial lung disease which was found at autopsy to be lymphangitic carcinomatosis of probable pulmonary origin.
