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Images in Thorax
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm of lung
  1. Hong Yang,
  2. Binglin Lai
  1. Ganzhou Institute of Medical Imaging, Ganzhou Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence, Medical Imaging Center, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou Hospital-Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Ganzhou, People's Republic of China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Binglin Lai; binglin723.lai{at}outlook.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2023-221143

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    A 73-year-old woman was found to have a pulmonary mass on a CT scan of the chest 10 years ago, but did not receive any treatment. Approximately 2 years ago, she started experiencing chest tightness and bloating, without other discomfort. These symptoms worsened half a month ago and were accompanied by dyspnoea. A CT scan (figure 1A,D) revealed a spherical mass in the left upper lobe lingular segment, with a uniform density, no calcification or fat density and a CT value of about 30 HU on plain scan. The margin of the mass was smooth without lobulation or spiculation, measuring approximately 47 mm × 46 mm in size. The contrast-enhanced scan showed significant heterogeneous enhancement in the arterial phase (figure …

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    • Contributors HY contributed to the conception and design of the study. BLL contributed to drafting the text and preparing the figures.

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