title: Lung mass due to amniotic fluid embolism--an intrathoracic complication of pregnancy.
abstract: A 29-year-old woman with right chest pain was admitted for radiographic investigation and found to have a round mass in the right lower zone. This was initially suspected to be a hydatid lung cyst but was confirmed as a cystic mass by computed tomography and duly excised. Histologic examination revealed an amniotic fluid embolism. The patient had had a stillbirth three months earlier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey. Melih@turnet.net.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaptanoglu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cevit
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berkan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed