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Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Mimicking Primary Lung Cancer: An Unusual Case Involving a Pulmonary Tumor by Marushima, Hideki; Sakai, Hiroki; Yoneyama, Reimi; Kimura, Hiroyuki; Miyazawa, Tomoyuki; Chosokabe, Motohiro; Hoshikawa, Masahiro; Kojima, Koji; Takagi, Masayuki; Saji, Hisashi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma is a very rare benign condition. This study describes a case involving pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma in a 76-year-old man who presented with a solitary pulmonary nodule, determined through chest radiography and computed tomography, that mimicked primary lung cancer. To establish a definitive diagnosis, tumor resection was performed with histopathological analysis indicating pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma. Radiographic findings in previously reported cases showed that most patients had well-defined margins and usually bilateral, multiple lesions. In our case; however, the solitary ill-defined tumor mimicking lung cancer is an uncommon location for this rare condition.

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Author

Marushima, Hideki; Sakai, Hiroki; Yoneyama, Reimi; Kimura, Hiroyuki; Miyazawa, Tomoyuki; Chosokabe, Motohiro; Hoshikawa, Masahiro; Kojima, Koji; Takagi, Masayuki; Saji, Hisashi

Publisher

Hindawi Limited; [New York NY]: Hindawi Pub. Corp., ©2011-; London: Hindawi (ISSN 2090-6846)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)