title: Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma mimicking lung carcinoma.
abstract: Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma has rarely been reported and is a benign entity of unknown origin. The chest radiograph reveals multiple and frequently bilateral pulmonary nodules. We describe a patient with pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma who presented with a central mass in the left lung mimicking lung carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical School, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. ahmetb@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Findik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yildiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006818:Hyalin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed