title: Multiple pulmonary nodules and underlying head and neck cancer.
abstract: We describe a 66-year-old woman with recently diagnosed cT2N0 mouth cancer and multiple hypo-dense pulmonary nodules discovered on a computed tomographic chest scan. These nodules were located in the anterior part of the right upper and middle lobe and were resected thoracoscopically. Histologic examination of these nodules revealed a lipoid pneumonia. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia is a rare but described pulmonary disease that typically presents as consolidations. An exclusive presentation such as multiple pulmonary nodules is very unusual.
authors.affiliation: University de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseille II), Faculty of Medicine, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France. fabrice.barlesi@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barlesi
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gimenez
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doddoli
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chetaille
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guelfucci
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kleisbauer
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed