Subpleural silicotic nodule radiographically resembling to small bronchial carcinoma.
A 65-year-old woman had a solitary nodule radiologically appearing as a coin lesion with pleural indentation, suggesting primary lung cancer. Operative findings and histological examination revealed it to be a silicotic nodule. Despite the rarity of this condition, silicotic nodules should be considered among the causes of solitary or small numbers of peripheral pulmonary nodules in adults.
Sugio
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Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kaneko
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Yokoyama
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Ishida
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Sugimachi
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D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012829:Silicosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology