Overlooked Pneumonia-Like Lung Cancer with Elevated Neutrophils and Typical Pneumonia Imaging findings

• Published in: Clinical laboratory (Heidelberg) Vol. 71; no. 7
• Main Authors: Mao, Xuan M, Guo, Ai J, Yuan, Xin H, Cui, Ming Y, Zhang, Di, Ge, Yan L, Sun, Guo G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma of Lung - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma of Lung - diagnostic imaging; Bronchoscopy; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Middle Aged; Neutrophils; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - diagnosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Pneumonia-type lung cancer is a specific type of lung cancer with low incidence, lack of clinical specificity, and strong imaging similarity to pneumonia, which can be easily misdiagnosed as a lung infection. We report a special case of a patient who was misdiagnosed as Mycoplasma pneumonia by routi...