Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: clinical characteristics and progression to carcinoid tumour

DIPNECH is a rare disease that is often misdiagnosed. In this study, it primarily affected elderly white women who were non-smokers. Lung nodules could slowly progress over years to carcinoid tumours. Average growth rate per nodule was 0.8 mm per year. https://bit.ly/3q1HD1k