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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Incidental pleural-based pulmonary lymphangioma.

Michael G Benninghoff¹, William U Todd, Rebecca Bascom

¹Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Dr, H041, Hershey, PA 17033-2360, USA. mikebenninghoff@hotmail.com

The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

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Summary

This case report details a rare solitary pleural-based pulmonary lymphangioma, an incidental finding in a woman with chronic pain. The lesion, though fluorodeoxyglucose-avid, was not the cause of her symptoms.

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Area of Science:

Thoracic oncology
Diagnostic imaging
Surgical pathology

Background:

Benign thoracic lymphangiomas are uncommon mediastinal or pulmonary lesions.
They can be asymptomatic or cause symptoms due to compression of adjacent structures.
Management options include resection or sclerotherapy for symptomatic cases.

Observation:

A solitary pleural-based pulmonary lymphangioma was incidentally discovered in a 38-year-old woman.
The patient presented with chronic arm and shoulder pain.
Positron emission tomography (PET) showed the lesion was highly fluorodeoxyglucose-avid.

Findings:

Biopsy confirmed the lesion as benign lymphangioma.
Radiographic evaluation suggested the lymphangioma was unlikely to be the source of the patient's chronic pain.
This represents the first reported case of a solitary pleural-based pulmonary lymphangioma.

Implications:

Highlights the importance of considering rare diagnoses in thoracic imaging.
Demonstrates that highly fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lesions may not always correlate with symptoms.
Contributes to the literature on benign pulmonary and pleural neoplasms.