title: [Embolic pseudotumor diagnosed by surgery].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie et d'Allergologie, Hôpital Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba de Monastir.
authors.forename: Mohmed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Battikh
authors.forename: Mohamed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ben Sayah
authors.forename: Sameh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joobeur
authors.forename: Naceur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rouetbi
authors.forename: Adnene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: Anis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maatallah
authors.forename: Abdelfatteh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakhama
authors.forename: Abdelaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamdi
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Kamel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted