A Rare Case Diagnosed by Videothoracoscopic Lung Biopsy: Diffuse Pulmonary Meningotheliomatosis
Author(s) -
Anton Dzian,
Marek Malík,
Ĺuboš Hamada,
Jozef Mičák,
Ivana Gregorová,
Gabriela Košturiaková
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
case reports in pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6846
pISSN - 2090-6854
DOI - 10.1155/2021/1990433
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , differential diagnosis , lung biopsy , lung , radiology , histopathology , biopsy , nodule (geology) , parenchyma , high resolution computed tomography , pathology , computed tomography , paleontology , biology
Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis (DPM) is reported as a diffuse parenchymal lung disease characterized by disseminating small asymptomatic nodules. These lesions are often detected incidentally as microscopic findings in lung specimens or autopsies examined by a pathologist. We report a case of a 60-year-old male asymptomatic patient presenting with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules on high-resolution computed tomography and diagnosed by videothoracoscopic surgery. Differential diagnosis of patients presenting with diffuse indeterminate nodules is very important. Definitive diagnosis of DPM requires histopathology and most often videothoracoscopic lung biopsy.
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