Autor: |
Santos, José Wellington Alves dos, Santos, Rafael Cristiano Geiss, Fagundes, Ariovaldo, Marchiori, Roseane Cardoso |
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Clinical Pulmonary Medicine; November 2006, Vol. 13 Issue: 6 p324-327, 4p |
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Focal cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) usually presents as a peripheral, upper lobe solitary nodular or mass-type lesion, which is diagnosed by routine chest radiography. On computed tomography scans, lesions may present as peripheral masses with irregular spiculated margins and cavitation, making them difficult to distinguish from bronchioloalveolar or other pathologic subtypes of adenocarcinoma. Thus, diagnosis is commonly made or confirmed by pathologic examination of the excised lesion. This report describes a male smoker with clinical–radiographic features strongly suggestive of a primary pulmonary neoplasm who was diagnosed with COP after histopathologic examination of a resected specimen. |
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