[Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with bullae; report of a case].
A 53-year-old male was admitted to the hospital because of progressive paralysis of inferior limb. Chest X-ray film and chest computed tomography (CT) on admission showed a small nodule with bullae in the right lower lung field. After CT-guided marking, partial lung resection including the nodule was performed. The cut surface of the resected specimen showed a tumor (10 mm in diameter) in a bullae measuring 14 mm in diameter. The tumor was diagnosed as amyloidosis. Fourty-six cases of primary localized pulmonary amyloidosis were reported in Japan. However, primary localized pulmonary amyloidosis with bullae is extremely rare, only 3 cases have been reported.
Ishibashi
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Akamatsu
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Sunamori
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Ishibashi
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Iwata
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D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology