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Subpleural silicotic nodule radiographically resembling to small bronchial carcinoma
K Sugio1, S Kaneko, H Yokoyama
1Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 65-year-old woman had a solitary nodule radiologically appearing as a coin lesion with pleural indentation, suggesting primary lung cancer. Operative findings and histological examination revealed it to be a silicotic nodule. Despite the rarity of this condition, silicotic nodules should be considered among the causes of solitary or small numbers of peripheral pulmonary nodules in adults.