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Optical Frequency Domain Imaging of Ex vivo Pulmonary Resection Specimens: Obtaining One to One Image to Histopathology Correlation
Published on: January 22, 2013
To avoid operating on pseudo tumoral pulmonary infarctions mimicking lung cancer
Alexis Lacout1, Pierre Yves Marcy, Mostafa El Hajjam
1Centre d'imagerie Médicale 47 Boulevard du Pont Rouge 15000 Aurillac, France.
The Pan African Medical Journal
|July 25, 2012
Abstract:
Pulmonary infarction usually appears as a hump-shaped triangular opacity with its base applied to a pleural surface. In some cases, pulmonary infarctions may appear as a pseudo tumoral opacity mimicking lung cancer. Thoracotomy could be prevented by repeating CT scan in properly selected patients.