All that glitters is not gold

Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) are a diagnostic dilemma with a long list of differential diagnosis which extends to include both horizons i.e., benign as well as malignant conditions. Fortunately, there are some factors which favour benign over malignant; one such factor is presence of fat.1 We pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2019-08, Vol.69 (8), p.1226-1226
Hauptverfasser: Ahad Aziz Qureshi, Pir Abdul, Hassan, Aamna, Niazi, Imran Khalid
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Zusammenfassung:Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) are a diagnostic dilemma with a long list of differential diagnosis which extends to include both horizons i.e., benign as well as malignant conditions. Fortunately, there are some factors which favour benign over malignant; one such factor is presence of fat.1 We present here a case of a 40 years old male who underwent x-ray due to haemoptysis and cough which demonstrated a coin lesion; subsequently, PET-CT scan was requested for characterization of the lesion and concurrent staging which revealed mildly avid fat containing lesion in right lung diagnostic of pulmonary hamartoma.
ISSN:0030-9982