Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease (Sep 2005)

Primary pulmonary nodular Amyloidosis

  • F. Agresta,
  • A. Marin,
  • D. Della Libera,
  • F. Romanzi,
  • L.F. Ciardo,
  • L. Bittesini,
  • S. Nardini,
  • N. Bedin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.638
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63, no. 3

Abstract

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Primary nodular amyloidosis of the lung is an uncommon manifestation. The disease runs a benign course, but offers diagnostic problems due to non-specific radiological features entering the big field of the solitary nodule. We describe the case of a 60 year old man with multiple nodules on the left lung operated on diagnostic and therapeutic video-assisted thoracoscopy and discuss the possibilities, if any, of suspecting such a disease through radiologic characteristics along with findings from the patient’s history, physical examination and laboratory tests.

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