Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Amyloidosis
- Radiologic Findings
- Chest radiograph shows mottled or nodular increased opacities with calcifications in the right lower and left upper lung zones.
Chest CT scans demonstrate multifocal peripheral nodular calcifications and multiple thin walled cysts in both lungs.
After VATS wedge resection, pulmonary amyloidosis was confirmed. Then, the patient was also diagnosed with Sj
- Brief Review
- Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by the deposition of abnormal proteins in extracellular tissue. Clinically there are three broad classifications of pulmonary involvement: (1) diffuse or alveolar septal, (2) localized nodular, and (3) tracheobronchial amyloidosis.
Amyloid nodules in the lung parenchyma are usually an incidental finding that need to be distinguished from neoplasia. They are usually peripheral and subpleural, occur more frequently in the lower lobes, may be bilateral, and range in diameter from 0.4
- Please refer to
Case 277, Case 379, Case 608, Case 786, Case 900, Case 927, -
- References
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3. Lantuejoul S1, Moulai N, Quetant S, et al. Unusual cystic presentation of pulmonary nodular amyloidosis associated with MALT-type lymphoma. Eur Respir J. 2007, 30(3):589-92.
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- Keywords
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Lung, Metabolic and storage lung disesae,