1. Pulmonary infarction mimicking a lung mass: a case report.
- Author
-
Jayakrishnan B, Al-Mubaihsi SM, Elhassan NE, Al-Sukaiti RF, George J, Al-Alawi YS, and Al-Kindi AH
- Subjects
- Adult, Biopsy, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Positron-Emission Tomography, Pulmonary Embolism pathology, Pulmonary Infarction pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Lung Neoplasms diagnosis, Pulmonary Embolism diagnosis, Pulmonary Infarction diagnosis
- Abstract
Pulmonary infarction usually appears as a wedge-shaped opacity with its base placed laterally. Rarely, pulmonary infarctions may appear as a well-defined rounded opacity mimicking lung cancer and surgical lung biopsy may often be required for definitive diagnosis. We report a patient who was admitted with submassive pulmonary embolism who had an incidental finding of a well-defined opacity in computed tomography (CT) scan. The lesion was avid on positron emission tomography (PET) scan and the patient was a smoker. So, we investigated him further with a percutaneous and later a thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Tumour-like pulmonary infarction is often a challenge for the clinicians., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright: Balakrishnan Jayakrishnan et al.)
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF