Solitary amyloid tumour of the lung: a rare manifestation of primary amyloidosis.
We describe a 66-year-old woman with a "coin lesion" in the right upper lobe, diagnosed on a routine preoperative chest X-ray. At thoracotomy the lesion proved to be a solitary amyloid tumour of the lung. During the subsequent 6-year follow-up no recurrence has been detected.
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*