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Open Access 01-12-2013 | Case report
Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis in a patient undergoing lobectomy: a case report
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2013
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Introduction
Pulmonary amyloidosis is rare and is often misdiagnosed due a lack of general awareness.
Case presentation
In this case report we describe a 69-year-old Chinese woman who presented with a right lower lobe pulmonary nodule. After video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy, a histopathologic diagnosis of pulmonary nodular amyloidosis was rendered. She has done well postoperatively, showing no local recurrence or distal disease in an 8-month follow-up period.
Conclusions
Distinguishing parenchymal nodular amyloidosis from a malignant lung tumor is often quite difficult. In the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules, nodular amyloidosis should be considered to avoid unnecessary lobectomy.