Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary amyloidosis is an uncommon disease, characterized by extracellular deposition of fibrillary protein in the lungs. It appears in three forms: tracheobronchial, nodular pulmonary, and alveolar septal. There are few reports of long-term observation of primary pulmonary amyloidos...

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Autores principales: Vieira, Isabela Garcia, Marchiori, Edson, Zanetti, Gláucia, Cabral, Rafael Ferracini, Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem, Spilberg, Gabriela, Batista, Raquel Ribeiro
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Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918529
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6540
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author Vieira, Isabela Garcia
Marchiori, Edson
Zanetti, Gláucia
Cabral, Rafael Ferracini
Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem
Spilberg, Gabriela
Batista, Raquel Ribeiro
author_facet Vieira, Isabela Garcia
Marchiori, Edson
Zanetti, Gláucia
Cabral, Rafael Ferracini
Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem
Spilberg, Gabriela
Batista, Raquel Ribeiro
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description INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary amyloidosis is an uncommon disease, characterized by extracellular deposition of fibrillary protein in the lungs. It appears in three forms: tracheobronchial, nodular pulmonary, and alveolar septal. There are few reports of long-term observation of primary pulmonary amyloidosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with fever, dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis. Chest radiograph and computed tomography revealed multiple pulmonary nodules and masses. The patient underwent open lung biopsy, which diagnosed pulmonary amyloidosis. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules or masses.
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spelling pubmed-27692992009-11-16 Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report Vieira, Isabela Garcia Marchiori, Edson Zanetti, Gláucia Cabral, Rafael Ferracini Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem Spilberg, Gabriela Batista, Raquel Ribeiro Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary amyloidosis is an uncommon disease, characterized by extracellular deposition of fibrillary protein in the lungs. It appears in three forms: tracheobronchial, nodular pulmonary, and alveolar septal. There are few reports of long-term observation of primary pulmonary amyloidosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with fever, dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis. Chest radiograph and computed tomography revealed multiple pulmonary nodules and masses. The patient underwent open lung biopsy, which diagnosed pulmonary amyloidosis. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules or masses. Cases Network Ltd 2009-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2769299/ /pubmed/19918529 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6540 Text en © 2009 Vieira et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case report
Vieira, Isabela Garcia
Marchiori, Edson
Zanetti, Gláucia
Cabral, Rafael Ferracini
Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem
Spilberg, Gabriela
Batista, Raquel Ribeiro
Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title_full Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title_fullStr Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title_short Pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
title_sort pulmonary amyloidosis with calcified nodules and masses - a six-year computed tomography follow-up: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918529
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6540
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