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Benign intercostal schwannoma mimicking a solitary metastasis from lung cancer
  1. Hee Moon1,
  2. Seoung Ju Park1,
  3. So Ri Kim1,
  4. Ho Sung Park2,
  5. Yong Chul Lee1
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Research Center for Pulmonary Disorders, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
  1. Correspondence to Yong Chul Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-180, South Korea; leeyc{at}jbnu.ac.kr

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A 61-year-old woman who had suffered from cough and sputum was referred for the evaluation of chronic consolidation on the left lower lung (LLL). Before she visited our hospital, she had been taking antibiotics, having received a diagnoss of pneumonia. However, her symptoms and radiological consolidation on the LLL had not improved.

Chest radiography showed a dense consolidation on the LLL. Chest CT scan revealed a diffused consolidation combined with ground glass opacity on the LLL and a 2×1.5 cm heterogeneously enhanced mass with a smooth margin on the left seventh intercostal space (figure 1A,B). A percutaneous needle biopsy of the consolidative lesion on the LLL was performed. Histological examination revealed malignant cells along the alveolar septa (figure 2A,B), and this finding was interpreted as bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.

Figure 1

(A, B) CT scan of the chest showed …

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  • Funding This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (A084144).

  • Competing interests None.

  • Patient consent Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.