| Literature DB >> 30263989 |
Jun An1, Meijun Long2, Ye Jiang3, Yi Jin3.
Abstract
A 48-year-old woman was admitted for pectoralgia and dyspnea. Tomography revealed a giant lung bulla with a mass arose from the bulla wall in the left lower lobes, and left lower lobes pulmonary wedge resection was performed through video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). The giant bulla was formed by fibrous connective tissue covered by monolayer pavement epithelium. The trabecular bone, cartilage and adipose tissue were found in the nodular lesion. The final diagnosis was giant pulmonary bulla with hamartoma, a very rare condition and previously unreported in the literature. Surgical approach for complete resection of the bulla was a curative treatment.Entities:
Keywords: Giant pulmonary bulla; pulmonary hamartoma; vanishing lung syndrome; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
Year: 2017 PMID: 30263989 PMCID: PMC6155569 DOI: 10.21037/acr.2017.09.03
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AME Case Rep ISSN: 2523-1995