Mucoid impaction mimicking multiple metastatic lung cancer

The most common etiology of multiple pulmonary nodules is metastatic lung cancer. Although benign etiologies have been reported, mucoid impaction less commonly presents as multiple pulmonary nodules. Herein, we report the case of an 81-year-old demented man who presented with multiple pulmonary nodu...

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Autores principales: Huang, Yi-Chih, Chang, Hsu-Chao, Lee, Yi-Hsin, Yang, Mei-Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33912419
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_74_20
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author Huang, Yi-Chih
Chang, Hsu-Chao
Lee, Yi-Hsin
Yang, Mei-Chen
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description The most common etiology of multiple pulmonary nodules is metastatic lung cancer. Although benign etiologies have been reported, mucoid impaction less commonly presents as multiple pulmonary nodules. Herein, we report the case of an 81-year-old demented man who presented with multiple pulmonary nodules due to mucoid impaction. Chest radiographs revealed rapid resolution after tracheostomy and adequate mucus clearance. We suggest that mucoid impaction may present as multiple pulmonary nodules mimicking multiple metastatic lung cancer.
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spelling pubmed-80594592021-04-27 Mucoid impaction mimicking multiple metastatic lung cancer Huang, Yi-Chih Chang, Hsu-Chao Lee, Yi-Hsin Yang, Mei-Chen Tzu Chi Med J Case Report The most common etiology of multiple pulmonary nodules is metastatic lung cancer. Although benign etiologies have been reported, mucoid impaction less commonly presents as multiple pulmonary nodules. Herein, we report the case of an 81-year-old demented man who presented with multiple pulmonary nodules due to mucoid impaction. Chest radiographs revealed rapid resolution after tracheostomy and adequate mucus clearance. We suggest that mucoid impaction may present as multiple pulmonary nodules mimicking multiple metastatic lung cancer. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8059459/ /pubmed/33912419 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_74_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Tzu Chi Medical Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Huang, Yi-Chih
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Mucoid impaction mimicking multiple metastatic lung cancer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33912419
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_74_20
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