Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and Underlying Head and Neck Cancer

We describe a 66-year-old woman with recently diagnosed cT2N0 mouth cancer and multiple hypo-dense pulmonary nodules discovered on a computed tomographic chest scan. These nodules were located in the anterior part of the right upper and middle lobe and were resected thoracoscopically. Histologic exa...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2005-04, Vol.79 (4), p.1415-1417
Hauptverfasser: Barlesi, Fabrice, Gimenez, Céline, Doddoli, Christophe, Chetaille, Bruno, Guelfucci, Bruno, Kleisbauer, Jean-Pierre, Thomas, Pascal
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Zusammenfassung:We describe a 66-year-old woman with recently diagnosed cT2N0 mouth cancer and multiple hypo-dense pulmonary nodules discovered on a computed tomographic chest scan. These nodules were located in the anterior part of the right upper and middle lobe and were resected thoracoscopically. Histologic examination of these nodules revealed a lipoid pneumonia. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia is a rare but described pulmonary disease that typically presents as consolidations. An exclusive presentation such as multiple pulmonary nodules is very unusual.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.104