Primary pulmonary meningioma presenting as multiple lung nodules: A case report.
Ju Hyun OhHong S ChoHee S HwangWonjun JiPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2021)
Primary pulmonary meningioma (PPM) is a very rare and mostly benign disease. Although PPM is incidentally detected as a solitary pulmonary nodule on X-ray or chest computed tomography, it does not have unique radiological characteristics; thus, it is difficult to differentiate it from other lung tumors. A healthy 54-year-old man visited our hospital because of multiple variable-sized lung nodules. He had no contributive medical history and no abnormality that was suggestive of extrapulmonary malignancy. Video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection was undertaken for diagnosis, and the tumor cells were histopathologically confirmed as PPM. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed no intracranial tumor. The patient has been well and without any progression of the remaining lesions over 24 months. Here, we present the clinicopathological features of this case in which the patient's nodules were mistaken for multiple metastatic lung nodules.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- healthcare
- case report
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- dual energy
- white matter
- single cell
- robot assisted
- mass spectrometry
- electronic health record
- pet ct