{"title":"Unusual presentation of lung cancer in young patient: case report","authors":"Tamer Awad El Sayed, Taha Taha Abd El Gawad","doi":"10.1186/s43168-024-00297-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This case report describes the diagnostic journey of a 35-year-old patient presenting with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The patient underwent a bronchoscopy, which revealed the presence of cancer. This case highlights the importance of considering malignancy as a potential cause of ILD, even in younger patients, and emphasizes the role of bronchoscopy in the diagnostic process.","PeriodicalId":22426,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-024-00297-8","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This case report describes the diagnostic journey of a 35-year-old patient presenting with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The patient underwent a bronchoscopy, which revealed the presence of cancer. This case highlights the importance of considering malignancy as a potential cause of ILD, even in younger patients, and emphasizes the role of bronchoscopy in the diagnostic process.