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Case Report

Follicular bronchiolitis with cystic lesions with elevated carcinoembryonic antigen levels

Seiko Takasawaa  Tsukasa Okamotoa,b  Ryusaku Hosoyac  Rie Sakakibaraa  Masahiro Ishizukaa  Yasunari Miyazakia 

aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
bDepartment of Pulmonary Immunotherapeutics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
cDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital

ABSTRACT

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because atelectasis was observed on chest X-ray. Histological examination by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery revealed schwannoma. Five years later, chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed cystic lesions in the right upper lobe and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Laboratory tests showed high serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels. We performed lymph node biopsy by mediastinoscopy and partial right upper lobe resection. The histological examination did not reveal malignant findings. After one and a half years, CT revealed cystic lesions and infiltrative shadows in the right lower lobe. Histological re-examination of the surgical lung biopsy showed follicular bronchiolitis. After two months of prednisolone treatment, serum CEA levels decreased. After four months, cysts and infiltrate shadows had disappeared on CT. After three years, no recurrent signs were observed. In summary, we experienced a case of follicular bronchiolitis with abnormally high serum CEA levels.

KEYWORDS

Follicular bronchiolitis  Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)  Cyst 

Received 21 Dec 2022 / Accepted 2 Feb 2023

AJRS, 12(3): 154-159, 2023

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