title: [Multiple nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with multiple bullae].
abstract: We report a case of multiple nodular amyloidosis accompanied by multiple emphysematous bullae. The patient was a 72-year-old nonsmoking woman who presented with chronic cough and had a history of pneumothorax. Chest computed tomography disclosed multiple nodules up to 1 cm in diameter, and multiple small emphysematous bullae predominantly distributed in the middle and lower lung fields. Left lung biopsy was performed under thoracoscopy. The nodules were histopathologically diagnosed as amyloidoma. The mechanism of the accompanying bullae formation was also considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Surgery, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed