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01-06-2012 | Case Report

Localized pleural amyloidosis: report of a case

Authors: Shohei Yoshiya, Riichiroh Maruyama, Takaomi Koga, Yasunori Shikada, Tokujiro Yano, Yoshihiko Maehara

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 6/2012

Abstract

We herein describe an asymptomatic 31-year-old male who was admitted for an investigation of an abnormal pleural tumor detected by chest radiography. We performed various preoperative investigations including fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUV_max) was 2.2, and malignancy could not be ruled out. We therefore carried out a thoracoscopy-assisted partial resection of the right upper lobe combined with a parietal pleurectomy. The pathological examination showed that there was a tumor localized with pleural amyloidosis.

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Title: Localized pleural amyloidosis: report of a case
Authors: Shohei Yoshiya
Riichiroh Maruyama
Takaomi Koga
Yasunori Shikada
Tokujiro Yano
Yoshihiko Maehara
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-012-0122-z

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Localized pleural amyloidosis: report of a case

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