An uncommon presentation of lung cancer - a case report
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Although bronchogenic carcinoma is one of the commonest malignancies affecting both men and women alike, it is more commonly seen in smokers and has a predilection to affect older people. One subtype of Non small cell lung cancer adenocarcinoma has been described to occur more frequently in non smokers. It is known to affect women more than men and is very commonly seen in Asians and has a reasonably better prognosis compared to other subtypes of adenocarcinoma. Bronchogenic carcinoma is extremely uncommon in younger age group and herein we present the case of a 25 year old non smoking male who presented with cough of 1 month duration and on evaluation was found to have Non small cell lung cancer.
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