Abstract
Primary pulmonary amyloidosis is rare. Three patterns of involvement have been described: tracheobronchial, nodular and diffuse parenchymal. The nodular parenchymal amyloid deposits are often multiple, much less common focal. We hereby present a case of a 70 year old patient, a former smoker, with coincidentally diagnosed solitary, pulmonary nodule, a rather common finding in CT. The list of differential diagnosis is long, as shown above, the amyloidosis is a quite uncommon cause, but it should be kept in mind.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Amyloid / analysis*
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Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
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Amyloidosis / pathology
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Amyloidosis / surgery
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Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging
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Dyspnea / etiology*
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Endarterectomy
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Femoral Artery / surgery
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Humans
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Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Lung / pathology
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Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Lung Diseases / pathology
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Lung Diseases / surgery
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Male
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Pneumonectomy
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Preoperative Care
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnostic imaging
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Radiography
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnostic imaging*
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / pathology
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / surgery
Substances
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Amyloid
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amyloid protein AL