Open AccessProgressive Massive Fibrosis Mimicking Lung Cancer: Two Case Reports with Potentially Useful CT Features for Differential Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Se Ri Kang,
Ji Young Rho
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
daehan yeongsang uihak hoeji/daehan yeongsang ui haghoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-2928
pISSN - 1738-2637
DOI - 10.3348/jksr.2021.0185
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , lung cancer , radiology , lung , pathology , fibrosis , lung fibrosis , pulmonary fibrosis
Progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) with atypical findings is often misdiagnosed as lung cancer. Atypical features of PMF have been described in some reports; however, these reports only introduced their cases with a short literature review. We report two cases of solitary PMFs with no underlying simple pneumoconiosis or rapid growth at atypical location that were mistaken for lung cancer. We also suggest the useful CT findings to aid in the differential diagnosis.