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IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Solitary Intrapulmonary Nodular Amyloidoma

Jaswinder Singh, MCh1, Sandeep Singh Rana, MCh2

1 Department of CT Surgery, Military Hospital (CTC), Pune, India
2 Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh, India

Dr Jaswinder Singh, Tel: +91 20 24265583, Fax: +91 20 2630 6175, Email: drjaswindersingh{at}yahoo.co.in, Department of CT Surgery, Military Hospital (CTC), Pune, India.

A 67 years old female presented with dry cough of 2 months duration. Chest radiograph [Figure 1Go] and computed tomogram showed well defined mass lesion without mediastinal lymphadenopathy [Figures 2Go and 3Go]. Aspiration cytology revealed eosinophilic acellular material – congophilic with apple green birefringence. Patient underwent surgical excision. Histology confirmed it as nodular amyloidoma.


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  		Figure 1. Preoperative Chest radiograph showing Homogenous opacity in the left upper zone.

 

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  		Figure 2. Computed tomogram of the chest through the mediastinal window above the tracheal bifurcation showing calcification in well defined mass lesion within the lung parenchyma.

 

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  		Figure 3. Computed tomogram of the chest through Lung window above the tracheal bifurcation showing calcification in well defined mass lesion within the lung parenchyma.

 

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009; 17:329-331
© 2009 by SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309105243



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