title: Endogenous lipoid pneumonia presenting as solitary pulmonary nodule: a case report.
abstract: A 63-year-old woman complained of hemoptysis was admitted to our hospital. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) arising from the lower lobe of the right lung which was considered as lung malignancy. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) of pulmonary wedge resection to remove the nodule. Diagnosis of lipoid pneumonia was established by multiple lipid-laden macrophages found in surgical specimen. As there was no history of inhalation or aspiration of lipid containing substances, she was diagnosed as endogenous lipoid pneumonia. The patient discharged from our hospital after surgery and with no recurrence in 9 months period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Linhai 317000, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Linhai 317000, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Linhai 317000, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Linhai 317000, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Min-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Linhai 317000, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jia-Xi
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D002779:Cholestasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Lipoid pneumonia; endogenous; exogenous; solitary pulmonary nodule