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Research Paper | Medicine Science | Indonesia | Volume 3 Issue 10, October 2014

Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage in a Young Adult

Jeenam Shah | Milind Baldi | Jairaj Nair | Amita Athavale

Abstract: Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage (DAH), a potentially life threatening condition is associated with a number of clinical entities. It has been associated with various immune and non immune conditions but its association with primary lung malignancy has rarely been described. We report a case of a 25 year old male with adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting as DAH. To our knowledge this is the first case reported of its kind. A classification of DAH associated with malignancy is also proposed.

Keywords: Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, lung adenocarcinoma, malignancy, young adult

Edition: Volume 3 Issue 10, October 2014,

Pages: 489 - 491