title: [Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with bullae; report of a case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunamori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
mesh_terms: 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