Placental Transmogrification of the Lung Presenting as a Small Solitary Nodule

Yuichi Saito; Tomohiko Ikeya; Eishin Hoshi; Nobumasa Takahashi; Katsumi Murai; Yoshinori Kawabata; Thomas V. Colby

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.063

Placental Transmogrification of the Lung Presenting as a Small Solitary Nodule

Yuichi Saito, Tomohiko Ikeya, Eishin Hoshi, Nobumasa Takahashi, Katsumi Murai, Yoshinori Kawabata, Thomas V. Colby

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Placental transmogrification of the lung is a rare cystic lesion of the lung, which has some histologic resembling to placental tissue. Placental transmogrification of the lung has been considered a variant of unilateral bullous emphysema, but in our case, the patient was a 47-year-old man who had no coexisting emphysema of the lung. Histologically our case showed an interstitial proliferation of clear cells with cystic change interpreted as secondary; we also agree with our colleagues that this proliferation may be the primary event pathogenetically. Surgical resection of this lesion seems to be curative.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	950-952
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.063
State	Published - Mar 2009

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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