Placental transmogrification of the lung: CT findings with pathologic correlation in six patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Placental transmogrification of the lung is a very rare benign lung disease with a characteristic finding being alveoli resembling chorionic villi of the placenta. The purpose of this study was to assess the computed tomography (CT) findings of placental transmogrification of the lung in six patients and their relation to the histopathologic findings.

Methods

Six patients with histopathologically proven placental transmogrification of the lung from 2004 to 2021 were included. Their CT findings were analyzed and their imaging features were compared with pathology specimens.

Results

In four of six cases, CT showed variable sized cystic lesions confined to a unilateral lung. One case presented nodule and cystic lesion together. The other case showed solitary p

SUBMITTER: Shin SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586988 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature