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Placental transmogrification of the lung presenting as a small solitary nodule.
- Source :
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The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2009 Mar; Vol. 87 (3), pp. 950-2. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Placental transmogrification of the lung is a rare cystic lesion of the lung, which has some histologic resembling to placental tissue. Placental transmogrification of the lung has been considered a variant of unilateral bullous emphysema, but in our case, the patient was a 47-year-old man who had no coexisting emphysema of the lung. Histologically our case showed an interstitial proliferation of clear cells with cystic change interpreted as secondary; we also agree with our colleagues that this proliferation may be the primary event pathogenetically. Surgical resection of this lesion seems to be curative.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Humans
Male
Lung Diseases pathology
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-6259
- Volume :
- 87
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19231434
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.063