title: A rarely seen diffuse parenchymal lung disease: diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis.
abstract: Pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MLNs) are usually detected incidentally during pathologic evaluation of resected pulmonary parenchymal specimens and autopsies. These nodules are generally asymptomatic and most often single. Diffuse pulmonary involvement by MLNs is less frequently described. MLNs are benign lesions and have been associated with neoplastic and non-neoplastic pulmonary conditions and occasionally with extrapulmonary diseases. We report a case of a female patient presenting with multiple and bilateral pulmonary nodules diagnosed with "diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis" by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of diffuse bilateral lung nodules in the radiologic studies.
authors: Nazan
authors: N
authors: Şen
authors: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana Practice and Research Center, Adana, Turkey. nazansen68@gmail.com.
authors: Emine Tuba
authors: ET
authors: Canpolat
authors: Zafer
authors: Z
authors: Koç
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed