Isolated lung nodule.: Importance of extemporaneous biopsy
Nódulo solitario de pulmón: importancia de la biopsia extemporánea. A propósito de un caso
Resumen:
A coin lesion was detected by radiology in a 38- year-old patient, presumptively diagnosed as neoplasm and operated on. The possibility of hydatid sequella was considered during the operation, a mistake corrected by extemporaneous biopsy which proved it to be an adenocarcinoma, thus showing the importance of this test. A right lower lobectomy was performed. Four months later the patient was asyntomatic. The papel includes a brief review of coin lesions.
Se presenta el caso de un paciente áe 38 años portador de una lesión moneda de, hallazgo radiológico que se intervino con el diagnóstico presuntivo de Neoplasma.Intra-operatoriamente se pensó en una secuela hidática, error que fue subsanado por la biopsia extemporánea que mostró un adenocarcinoma,por lo que insistimos en su importancia. Se practicó lobectomía inferior derecha. A los 4 meses el paciente está asintomático.Se hace además somera revisión de las lesiones monedas en general
| 1977 | |
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nódulo pulmón nodule lung |
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| Español | |
| Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay | |
| Revista Cirugía del Uruguay | |
| https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2882 | |
| Acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | A coin lesion was detected by radiology in a 38- year-old patient, presumptively diagnosed as neoplasm and operated on. The possibility of hydatid sequella was considered during the operation, a mistake corrected by extemporaneous biopsy which proved it to be an adenocarcinoma, thus showing the importance of this test. A right lower lobectomy was performed. Four months later the patient was asyntomatic. The papel includes a brief review of coin lesions. |
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