Multiple Phantom Tumor of the Lung: A Complex Appearance Resolving with Appropriate Intervention

The term phantom tumor may be used to describe a well-demarcated opacity resulted from pleural effusion. Phantom tumors are commonly associated with congestive heart failure causing transudative pleural effusion within pulmonary fissures. The figure may bring about inaccurate invasive diagnostic int...

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Autores principales: Mikaeili, Haleh, Mehdizadeh Baghbani, Jafar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469681
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description The term phantom tumor may be used to describe a well-demarcated opacity resulted from pleural effusion. Phantom tumors are commonly associated with congestive heart failure causing transudative pleural effusion within pulmonary fissures. The figure may bring about inaccurate invasive diagnostic interventions. We report a heavy smoker patient with multiple phantom tumors in the right lung resolved with medical management. This case report provides records for a timely management of similar patients.
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spelling pubmed-54101212017-05-03 Multiple Phantom Tumor of the Lung: A Complex Appearance Resolving with Appropriate Intervention Mikaeili, Haleh Mehdizadeh Baghbani, Jafar Tanaffos Case Report The term phantom tumor may be used to describe a well-demarcated opacity resulted from pleural effusion. Phantom tumors are commonly associated with congestive heart failure causing transudative pleural effusion within pulmonary fissures. The figure may bring about inaccurate invasive diagnostic interventions. We report a heavy smoker patient with multiple phantom tumors in the right lung resolved with medical management. This case report provides records for a timely management of similar patients. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5410121/ /pubmed/28469681 Text en Copyright© 2016 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Multiple Phantom Tumor of the Lung: A Complex Appearance Resolving with Appropriate Intervention
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title_short Multiple Phantom Tumor of the Lung: A Complex Appearance Resolving with Appropriate Intervention
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