Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Sclerosing pneumocytoma
- Radiologic Findings
- Brief Review
- PSP is a tumor, mostly benign in nature, with a proven pulmonary epithelial origin. PSP affects most frequently women in Eastern countries.
On CT, it appears as a peripherally located, well circumscribed, homogenously enhancing lesion. A few nonspecific signs have been described in CT, including marginal pseudo-capsule sign, overlying vessel sign, air-gap sign and halo sign, but these signs are not universal, and hence preclude a diagnosis based on radiology alone.
Calcification is rare and cavitation does not occur. They are described to be hypo metabolic on FDG-PET, although not always. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) does not provide any additional information towards the diagnosis.
- Please refer to
Case 142, Case 148, Case 168, Case 268, Case 1023, Case 1035, Case 1118, Case 1245, Case 1254, -
- References
- 1. Manini C, Vezzini S, Conte A et al. Revisiting Pulmonary Sclerosing Pneumocytoma.Clin. Pract. 2024, 14(4), 1440-
2. Shin SY, Kim MY, Oh SY, et al. Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma of the lung: CT characteristics in a large series of a tertiary referral center. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jan;94(4):e498.
3. Lim JH, Lee N, Choi DW, et al. Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma mimicking lung cancer: Case report and review of the literature. Thorac Cancer. 2016 Jul;7(4):508-11.
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