Incidence and radiologic-pathological features of lung cancer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Yan Liu Min Zhu Jing Geng Chengjun Ban Shu Zhang Wenhui Chen Yanhong Ren Xuan He Wang Chen Hua-Ping Dai

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2017)

Lung cancer frequently develops in patients with IPF, which is mainly adenocarcinoma, located in IPF affected area. Chest pain and haemoptysis are potential indicative of lung cancer developing in patients with IPF as atypical nodes or masses located in the peripheral areas and lower lobes on chest HRCT.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
interstitial lung disease
squamous cell carcinoma
sentinel lymph node
rheumatoid arthritis
magnetic resonance imaging
early stage
radiation therapy
locally advanced
magnetic resonance
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
rectal cancer
contrast enhanced
systemic sclerosis