title: Complication of bovine pericardial buttress: pulmonary pseudotumor.
abstract: A 38-year-old man reported progressive back pain 4 years after undergoing partial resection of the lung for spontaneous pneumothorax, using staples buttressed with bovine pericardium. Chest computed tomography detected a mass near the staple line. Resection of the mass was performed successfully and the pain was relieved. The excised material was identified as an inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor caused by the buttressing material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan. ryuichi_shizuka@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suemitsu
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokito
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: Sadanori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: Seiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Momosaki
authors.forename: Kiyomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012086:Reoperation; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome