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Lung adenocarcinoma with coexisting pulmonary cryptococcoma.

Hidenori Kawasaki¹, Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Masayuki Kuniyoshi

¹Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Okinawa Hospital, 3-20-14 Ganeko, Ginowan, Okinawa 901-2214, Japan.

The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi

|February 6, 2004

Summary

A 73-year-old woman with lung adenocarcinoma and lung nodules was successfully treated. The nodules were found to be cryptococcomas, not metastases, allowing for curative lung cancer resection.

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Area of Science:

Pulmonology
Thoracic Surgery
Infectious Diseases

Background:

A 73-year-old female presented with suspicious lung nodules.
Computed tomography revealed a ground glass opacity in the left upper lobe and two nodules in the left lower lobe.

Observation:

Initial biopsy confirmed adenocarcinoma in the upper lobe.
Biopsy of the lower lobe nodules was inconclusive.
Surgical resection of the lower lobe nodules revealed granulomatous tissue.

Findings:

The patient was diagnosed with stage IA lung adenocarcinoma and two cryptococcomas.
The lower lobe nodules were benign fungal infections (cryptococcomas), not metastatic cancer.

Implications:

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