Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2008 Oct;41(5):663-666.
Two Cases of Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: 2 cases report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Suncheon St. Carollo Hospital, Korea.
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Korea. hanse72@medigate.net
Abstract
- Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma (PHG) is a rare disease that usually presents with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules and characteristic histological findings, with hyalinized collagen lamellae. Because of the absence of characteristic radiologic and clinical features, PHG is usually diagnosed after surgical resection or biopsy. We performed thoracoscopic wedge resection for a pulmonary nodule located in the right lower lobe that proved to be PHG histopathologically. We report two cases along with a review of the literature.
