[Embolic pseudotumor diagnosed by surgery].
We report a case of pulmonary infarction in a 72-year-old woman who was hospitalised for hemoptysis, chest pain and weight and coin a lesion in the loss periphery of the left lower lobe. Camputed tomography of the chest demonstrated a sub pleural solitary nodule with spicular radiation. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed to obtain a histological diagnosis. Thoracoscopic examination showed a lesion that evoked chronic abscess. Histological examination confirmed an ischemic infarction. This is the second case of pseudotumor due to pulmonary infarction that was diagnosed by video-assisted thoracoscopic resection.
Battikh
Mohmed H
MH
Service de Pneumologie et d'Allergologie, Hôpital Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba de Monastir.
Ben Sayah
Mohamed M
MM
Joobeur
Sameh
S
Rouetbi
Naceur
N
Moussa
Adnene
A
Maatallah
Anis
A
Zakhama
Abdelfatteh
A
Hamdi
Abdelaziz
A
El Kamel
Ali
A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted