[Rapidly growing progressive massive fibrosis that was difficult to differentiate from lung cancer: report of a case].
Kyobu Geka
; 62(6): 504-7, 2009 Jun.
Article
em Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19522215
ABSTRACT
The subject was a 79-year-old male. When he was 50-years-old, he was diagnosed to have pneumoconiosis, and his clinical course was monitored periodically during his stay at our hospital. In October 2007, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a new shadow of a tumor mass in the right lower lobe. Lung cancer could not be ruled out by either CT or fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), and a definite diagnosis could not be established. Therefore, to make a diagnosis, we performed a partial resection of the lung and a diagnosed of progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) was obtained pathologically. Patients with pneumoconiosis have a possibility of developing new manifestations of PMF as a rapidly growing mass like a case presented in this report
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fibrose Pulmonar
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
Kyobu Geka
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão