CORRESPONDENCE Pulmonary

lymphangitic carcinomatosis presenting as severe interstitial lung disease in a 15-year-old female To the Editor: Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis (PLC) is a metastatic lung disease characterised by the diffuse infiltration and obstruction of the pulmonary parenchymal lymphatic system by tumour cells [1]. It is an extremely rare diagnosis in paediatrics and we believe that this is the first reported case in a child, presenting as interstitial lung disease without a known primary tumour. A 15-yr-old Caucasian female was transferred to our hospital (Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK) for further assessment and management of respiratory failure, secondary to presumed interstitial lung disease. 8 weeks previously she had presented to her local hospital with a 5