Pulmonary granuloma possibly caused by staples after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
A 74-year-old man, with a history of colon cancer resection and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection of pulmonary metastases, was found to have a left pulmonary nodule near the previous staple-line. The size of this nodule increased during follow-up. Because of this clinical course, this nodule was considered to be a tumor recurrence at the staple-line, and pulmonary re-resection was performed. The pathologic diagnosis of this nodule was foreign body granuloma (FBG) possibly due to previous surgical staples. FBG induced by staples may be a rare complication in VATS.
Department of Surgery II, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan.
Masaki
M
Tomita
Yasunori
Y
Matsuzaki
Masao
M
Edagawa
Tetsuya
T
Shimizu
Masaki
M
Hara
Toshio
T
Onitsuka
D000368:Aged; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects*