[Solitary pulmonary nodule].
Primary pulmonary amyloidosis is rare. Three patterns of involvement have been described: tracheobronchial, nodular and diffuse parenchymal. The nodular parenchymal amyloid deposits are often multiple, much less common focal. We hereby present a case of a 70 year old patient, a former smoker, with coincidentally diagnosed solitary, pulmonary nodule, a rather common finding in CT. The list of differential diagnosis is long, as shown above, the amyloidosis is a quite uncommon cause, but it should be kept in mind.
Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel. fschaeffer@uhbs.ch
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D000368:Aged; D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011300:Preoperative Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D000682:Amyloid; C035222:amyloid protein AL