Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics and causes of misdiagnosis of central lung cancer.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 21 patients with misdiagnosed central lung cancer who were treated from January 2018 to December 2022.Results Among the 21 cases,there were 9 cases of tuberculosis.There were 18 cases with low fever,15 cases with cough and phlegm,3 cases with chest tightness,2 cases with chest pain,1 case with hemoptysis,and 9 cases with systemic pain.There were 6 cases of palpable enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or armpit.The white blood cell count increased in 16 cases,and carcinoembryonic antigen increased in 3 cases.Initial diagnosis included infiltrate pulmonary tuberculosis in 9 cases,pneumonia in 9 cases,and mediastinal tumor in 3 cases.Twenty-one ca-ses were diagnosed as central lung cancer through pathological examination of fiberoptic bronchoscopy,including 12 cases of squamous cell carcinoma,5 cases of small-cell undifferentiated carcinoma,and 4 cases of adenocarcinoma.The median dura-tion of misdiagnosis was 32 d.After diagnosis,15 cases received radiotherapy or chemotherapy,6 cases underwent surgical resection combined with radiotherapy,and 6 cases died of organ failure due to cancer cell metastasis during a six-month follow-up.Fifteen cases continued treatment without recurrence.Conclusion The early manifestations of central lung cancer are not typical,and it is easily misdiagnosed as pneumonia,tuberculosis,mediastinal tumor and other diseases.Clinicians should be familiar with its clinical features and imaging manifestations,enhance vigilance to high-risk groups,and perform fiberoptic bronchoscopy biopsy and sputum cytology examinations when necessary to carefully differentiate diagnosis,which may help avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment.
关键词
中心型肺癌/鳞状细胞癌/误诊/肺炎/肺结核/纵隔肿瘤/纤维支气管镜/体层摄影术,螺旋计算机
Key words
Central lung cancer/Squamous cell carcinoma/Misdiagnosis/Pneumonia/Pulmonary tuberculosis/Me-diastinal tumors/Fiberoptic bronchoscopy/Tomography,spiral computed