Primary pulmonary nodular Amyloidosis

oleh: F. Agresta, A. Marin, D. Della Libera, F. Romanzi, L.F. Ciardo, L. Bittesini, S. Nardini, N. Bedin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: PAGEPress Publications 2005-09-01

Deskripsi

Primary nodular amyloidosis of the lung is an uncommon manifestation. The disease runs a benign course, but offers diagnostic problems due to non-specific radiological features entering the big field of the solitary nodule. We describe the case of a 60 year old man with multiple nodules on the left lung operated on diagnostic and therapeutic video-assisted thoracoscopy and discuss the possibilities, if any, of suspecting such a disease through radiologic characteristics along with findings from the patient’s history, physical examination and laboratory tests.