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Multiple Bilateral Incidental Lung Nodules in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cureus, 2020.
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Abstract
- Lung nodules are often incidentally discovered on lung imaging and can be solitary, which makes them suspicious for tumors, or multiple, which can be suggestive of an infectious process. A bronchial carcinoid is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, representing 1.2% of all primary pulmonary tumors. We report a case of incidentally discovered multiple lung nodules in an asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient, which turned out to be a tumor, necessitating the need for keeping a broad differential, a high degree of clinical suspicion, and long-term follow-up for the optimal management of the patient.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung
Pulmonology
business.industry
bronchial carcinoid
General Engineering
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
hiv
respiratory system
lung nodule
medicine.disease_cause
Bronchial carcinoid
Asymptomatic
Optimal management
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
Pulmonary neoplasms
Lung imaging
medicine
Internal Medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....34542cf54965091ed04b6fe509b47233