Pulmonary Placental Transmogrification Presenting as a Small Lung Nodule / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 144-147, 2016.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-65768
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary placental transmogrification (PT) is a rare lung disease that takes on the histologic appearance of placental chorionic villi. We herein report a case of PT in a 66-year-old woman who presented with a single nodule on chest radiography performed during a routine health examination. She had no complaints of any symptoms. Chest radiography showed a focal ill-defined nodular opacity in the right lower lobe; chest computed tomography revealed a 17-mm lobulated, focal irregular mass with fissural retraction in the right lower lobe, suggestive of lung cancer. Pathology of a percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy revealed papillary structures resembling placental villi. These were lined by cytotrophoblast-like cells and syncytiotrophoblasts. This characteristic pathologic finding led to a diagnosis of PT. PT of the lung is found mainly in bullous or cystic lesions. However, this patient presented with a single nodule on chest radiography.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pathology
/
Placenta
/
Thorax
/
Trophoblasts
/
Biopsy, Needle
/
Radiography
/
Chorionic Villi
/
Diagnosis
/
Lung
/
Lung Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
/
Female
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS