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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0030-9982 |