Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary amyloidosis is an uncommon disease, characterized by extracellular deposition of fibrillary protein in the lungs. It appears in three forms: tracheobronchial, nodular pulmonary, and alveolar septal. There are few reports of long-term observation of primary pulmonary amyloidosis.


METHODS
We present the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with fever, dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis. Chest radiograph and computed tomography revealed multiple pulmonary nodules and masses. The patient underwent open lung biopsy, which diagnosed pulmonary amyloidosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules or masses.
Vieira
Isabela Garcia
IG
Service of Diagnostic Radiology, Clementino Fraga Filho Universitary Hospital, Rua Prof. Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 225. CEP 21.941.913. Cidade Universitária. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. isabelagv@globo.com
Marchiori
Edson
E
Zanetti
Gláucia
G
Cabral
Rafael Ferracini
RF
Takayassu
Tatiana Chinem
TC
Spilberg
Gabriela
G
Batista
Raquel Ribeiro
RR