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Abstract
Case Report
A case of multiple minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules detected by computed tomography
Hidetoshi Yanai Hajime Osawa Yuki Homma Takeshi Numata Takeo Endo
Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center
ABSTRACT
A 77-year-old woman was referred because of a chest abnormal shadow. Multiple nodules of 2 to 3 mm in diameter were revealed in diffuse both lungs on CT. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy was performed. Histologically, form of nodules was similar to meningioma. We diagnosed multiple minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MMPMN) with the results of s staining. Recently, MMPMN has come to be found on CT. It is necessary to consider it as one of the differential diseases when multiple nodular shadows appear in the lung field.
KEYWORDS
Minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules Chemodectoma Multiple pulmonary nodules
Received 3 Jul 2014 ／ Accepted 27 Oct 2014
AJRS, 4(2): 162-165, 2015
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