Diffuse Pulmonary Meningotheliomatosis Diagnosed by a Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy

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  • Fujimoto Shodai
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Tachihara Motoko
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Katsurada Naoko
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Tanaka Tomonori
    Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe University Hospital
  • Yamada Jun
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Sato Hiroki
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Hazama Daisuke
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Yamamoto Masatsugu
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Kobayashi Kazuyuki
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • 経気管支肺クライオ生検により診断したdiffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosisの1例

Abstract

<p>Background. Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis (DPM) shows multiple nodules on chest computed tomography (CT) and is often diagnosed by a surgical biopsy. Case. A 43-year-old woman was visiting the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology of our hospital for panhypopituitarism treatment. She was referred to our department upon observation of multiple 1- to 5-mm ground-glass nodules in both lungs on chest CT. Although the size of the nodules did not change after five months of follow-up, CT findings suggested metastatic lung tumor. A transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) was therefore performed from the left B8a and B9a. Histological findings revealed minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules, which were considered to correspond to the ground-glass nodules on chest CT. We diagnosed her with DPM based on the histological and CT results. Conclusion. A TBLC may be useful for diagnosing multiple ground-glass nodules including DPM.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390581148797145856
  • DOI
    10.18907/jjsre.46.2_85
  • ISSN
    21860149
    02872137
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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