Respiratory care, 2006-07, Vol.51 (7), p.761-763
2006
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Rounded atelectasis with atypical computed tomography findings
- Ist Teil von
- Respiratory care, 2006-07, Vol.51 (7), p.761-763
- Ort / Verlag
- Dallas, TX: Daedalus Enterprises
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2006
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Rounded atelectasis is atelectasis of the peripheral part of the lung, typically in contact with thickened pleura, featuring characteristic computed tomography findings. In this case, a 61-year-old man with history of asbestos exposure presented with a right-middle-lobe nodule on chest radiograph, with computed tomography findings suspicious for neoplasm. The patient underwent surgical resection, which revealed rounded atelectasis. Our case raises a question about the sensitivity of radiographic criteria used in identifying rounded atelectasis, and it emphasizes the need to keep rounded atelectasis in the differential diagnosis of a single pulmonary nodule in a patient with a history of asbestos exposure.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0020-1324eISSN: 1943-3654Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68656375
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy, Biological and medical sciences, Diagnosis, Differential, Diagnostic Errors, Health and social institutions, Humans, Intensive care medicine, Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects), Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging, Lung Neoplasms - surgery, Male, Medical sciences, Middle Aged, Organization, Pneumonectomy, Public health. Hygiene, Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine, Pulmonary Atelectasis - diagnostic imaging, Pulmonary Atelectasis - surgery, Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry, Respiratory system, Sensitivity and Specificity, Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnostic imaging, Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed