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(Chest. 1950;17:273-279.)
© 1950 American College of Chest Physicians

A Case of "Lymphangitic Carcinoma" of the Lung Diagnosed by Sputum Smear Examination

GENO SACCOMANNO Ph.D., M.D.1; C. C. KLEINSCHMIDT M.D.2; and PAUL MURPHY M.D., F.C.C.P.2

1 Department of Pathology, St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Junction, Colo.
2 Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis, University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

A case of lymphangitic carcinoma of the lung with the inconspicuous primary origin in the stomach is presented. The diagnosis was made first by sputum examination and radiogram and was later confirmed by pleural fluid examination and autopsy. The possibility that malignant cells may be found in the sputum in metastatic as well as in primary tumors of the lung is pointed out.






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