Treatment and post-operative follow-up of pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma (PSP) is a rare tumor thought to originate from respiratory epithelial cells. It is usually benign, but may rarely metastasize to lymph nodes. Surgeons face unique challenges in diagnosis and management of this condition, and ideal surgical management is yet to be established.

Case presentation

48-year-old woman with a 7 × 7 mm pulmonary lesion discovered incidentally on computerized tomography (CT) imaging, which grew to 9 mm over the following year. Seven years later, follow-up imaging revealed that the mass had grown to 1.3 cm in largest dimension. Surgery was recommended and the mass was resected via a right video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) middle lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection. All lym

SUBMITTER: Barnes KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793125 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature