Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer

NTM‐SPN is often indistinguishable from malignancy. Although surgical resection is sometimes chosen for the diagnosis and treatment, the mass in this case shrank spontaneously. Careful observation is required to avoid unnecessary interventions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kinjo, Takeshi, Uechi, Kohei, Kami, Wakaki, Fujita, Jiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5006
_version_ 1784595192022564864
author Kinjo, Takeshi
Uechi, Kohei
Kami, Wakaki
Fujita, Jiro
author_facet Kinjo, Takeshi
Uechi, Kohei
Kami, Wakaki
Fujita, Jiro
author_sort Kinjo, Takeshi
collection PubMed
description NTM‐SPN is often indistinguishable from malignancy. Although surgical resection is sometimes chosen for the diagnosis and treatment, the mass in this case shrank spontaneously. Careful observation is required to avoid unnecessary interventions.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8572330
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85723302021-11-10 Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer Kinjo, Takeshi Uechi, Kohei Kami, Wakaki Fujita, Jiro Clin Case Rep Clinical Images NTM‐SPN is often indistinguishable from malignancy. Although surgical resection is sometimes chosen for the diagnosis and treatment, the mass in this case shrank spontaneously. Careful observation is required to avoid unnecessary interventions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8572330/ /pubmed/34765203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5006 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Clinical Images
Kinjo, Takeshi
Uechi, Kohei
Kami, Wakaki
Fujita, Jiro
Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title_full Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title_fullStr Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title_short Spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to Mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
title_sort spontaneously shrinking lung mass due to mycobacterium avium mimicking lung cancer
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5006
work_keys_str_mv AT kinjotakeshi spontaneouslyshrinkinglungmassduetomycobacteriumaviummimickinglungcancer
AT uechikohei spontaneouslyshrinkinglungmassduetomycobacteriumaviummimickinglungcancer
AT kamiwakaki spontaneouslyshrinkinglungmassduetomycobacteriumaviummimickinglungcancer
AT fujitajiro spontaneouslyshrinkinglungmassduetomycobacteriumaviummimickinglungcancer

Ejemplares similares