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Feng SL, Li JY, Dong CL. Primary biliary cholangitis presenting with granulomatous lung disease misdiagnosed as lung cancer: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2024; 12:354-360. [PMID: 38313637 PMCID: PMC10835678 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i2.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND There are few cases of pulmonary granulomatous changes secondary to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). No case of granulomatous lung disease secondary to PBC misdiagnosed as lung cancer had been reported. CASE SUMMARY A middle-aged woman presented with lung nodules and was misdiagnosed with lung cancer by positron emission tomography/computed tomography. She underwent left lobectomy, and the pathology of the nodules showed granulomatous inflammation, which was then treated with antibiotics. However, a new nodule appeared. Further investigation with lung biopsy and liver serology led to the diagnosis of PBC, and chest computed tomography indicated significant reduction in the pulmonary nodule by treatment with methylprednisolone and ursodeoxycholic acid. CONCLUSION Diagnosis of pulmonary nodules requires integrating various clinical data to avoid unnecessary pulmonary lobectomy.
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- Shan-Li Feng
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, China
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Bal C, Göschl L, Milos RI, Gerstbrein K, Kerschbaumer A, Idzko M, Gompelmann D. Segmental endobronchial valve therapy for a vasculitis-induced emphysema. Respir Med Case Rep 2022; 37:101650. [PMID: 35494554 PMCID: PMC9048058 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A 53-year old female patient with history of hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS) and polyarteritis nodosa presented with progressive dyspnoea on exertion due to emphysema. Lung function revealed a severe obstructive ventilator disorder with a forced expiratory volume in 1 second of 22% of predicted, and a significant hyperinflation with a residual volume of 321% of predicted. Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scan and quantitative CT analysis (StratX software) confirmed a lower lobe predominant emphysema. Considering the young age, the very severely impaired lung function, the relatively low nicotine abuse, the exclusion of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, together with the known diagnosis of HUVS, the emphysema was more likely due to the vasculitis than to a typical chronic obstructive lung disease. MDCT scan showed that particularly the segment 8 of the right lower lobe was severely emphysematous destroyed and hyperinflated. Invasive Chartis® measurement revealed no significant collateral ventilation of the isolated segment 8 of the right lower lobe, so that an endobronchial valve placement was performed. Three months following intervention, the MDCT scan revealed a complete collapse of the segment 8 on the right, which was associated with a significant clinical benefit and a mild reduction of the hyperinflation in the lung function test.
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- Christina Bal
- Department of Medicine II, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Corresponding author. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Wien, Austria.
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine II, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine II, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Benign lung diseases. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-822960-6.00028-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Yanartaş M, Karakoç AZ, Zengin A, Taş S, Olgun Yildizeli Ş, Mutlu BL, Ataş H, Alibaz-Öner F, Inanç N, Direskeneli H, Bozkurtlar E, Erkilinç A, Çimşit Ç, Bekiroğlu GN, Yildizeli B. Multimodal Approach of Isolated Pulmonary Vasculitis: A Single-Institution Experience. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 114:1253-1261. [PMID: 34506746 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Isolated pulmonary vasculitis (IPV) is a single-organ vasculitis of unknown etiology and may mimic chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The aim of this study was to review our clinical experience with pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with CTEPH secondary to IPV. METHODS Data were collected prospectively for consecutive patients who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy and had a diagnosis of IPV at or after surgery. RESULTS We identified nine patients (six female, median age 48 (23-55) years) with IPV. The diagnosis was confirmed after histopathological examination of all surgical materials. The mean duration of disease before surgery was 88.0 ±70.2 months. Exercise-induced dyspnea was the presenting symptom in all patients. Pulmonary endarterectomy was bilateral in six patients and unilateral in three. No mortality was observed, however, one patient had pulmonary artery stenosis and stent implantation was performed. All patients received immunosuppressive therapies after surgery. Mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased significantly from 30(19-67) mm Hg to 21(15-49) mm Hg after surgery (p <0.05). Pulmonary vascular resistance also improved significantly from 270 (160-1600) to 153 (94-548) dyn/s/cm-5 (p<0.05). After a median follow-up of 41 months, all but one patient had improved to the New York Heart Association functional class I. CONCLUSIONS Isolated pulmonary vasculitis can mimic CTEPH, and these patients can be diagnosed with pulmonary endarterectomy. Furthermore, surgery has not only diagnostic but also therapeutic value for IPV when stenotic and/or thrombotic lesions are surgically accessible. A multidisciplinary experienced CTEPH team is critical for management of these unique patients.
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- Mehmed Yanartaş
- University of Health Sciences,Kartal Koşuyolu Teaching and Education Hospital,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul.
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- University of Health Sciences,Kartal Koşuyolu Teaching and Education Hospital,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul
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- University of Health Sciences,Kartal Koşuyolu Teaching and Education Hospital,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul
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- University of Health Sciences,Kartal Koşuyolu Teaching and Education Hospital,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Department of Pulmonology and Intensive Care, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Cardiology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Cardiology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Internal Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Internal Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Internal Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Pathology, Istanbul
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- University of Health Sciences,Kartal Koşuyolu Teaching and Education Hospital,Department of Anesthesia, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Radiology, Istanbul
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- Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Marmara University School of Medicine,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul
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Esperança-Martins M, Evangelista V, Fernandes S, Almeida R. Vasculitis and Breast Cancer: Mind the Hint. Case Rep Oncol 2021; 14:550-560. [PMID: 33976633 PMCID: PMC8077427 DOI: 10.1159/000514729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage related to an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small vessel vasculitis is an extremely rare form of presentation of breast cancer. Here we report the case of a 77-year-old woman with a histological diagnosis of a papillary ductal carcinoma of the breast presenting with a diffuse alveolar haemorrhage secondary to a perinuclear ANCA-associated vasculitis. To our knowledge, this is the first case ever reported of a diffuse alveolar haemorrhage related to an ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis as a form of presentation of breast cancer. The therapeutic approach of this paraneoplastic vasculitis included the use of corticosteroids and plasmapheresis, a very useful technique to remove endothelial aggressors (circulating antibodies) as a strategy to earn time for a proper therapeutic decision specifically directed for disease modification, but that can also be associated with several severe adverse effects, which are illustrated in our case.
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- Miguel Esperança-Martins
- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.,Sérgio Dias/Vascular Biology and Cancer Microenvironment Lab, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Luís Costa/Translational Oncobiology Lab, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
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- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
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Ladzinski AT, Mehta A, Dykstra BJ, Sharghi SM. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage in the setting of eosinophilic pneumonia. BMJ Case Rep 2021; 14:14/4/e241672. [PMID: 33906878 PMCID: PMC8088248 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A 65-year-old woman who presented with a constellation of symptoms, including cough with haemoptysis, fever, chills and hypoxia along with weight loss, was found to have diffuse alveolar haemorrhage. After a myriad of investigations returned normal, an open lung biopsy was performed, which revealed the diagnosis to be subacute eosinophilic pneumonia. This is one of its kind of rare presentations where eosinophilic pneumonia presents as diffuse alveolar haemorrhage and has been reported only five times prior to this.
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- Adam T Ladzinski
- Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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- Pathology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Kim C, Kim YK, Han J. Radiologic Approach for Pulmonary Vasculitis. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGY 2021; 82:791-807. [PMID: 36238063 PMCID: PMC9514416 DOI: 10.3348/jksr.2021.0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
혈관염은 혈관벽의 염증을 특징으로 하는 드문 전신 질환으로 간혹 미만성 폐출혈이나 급성 사구체신염으로 생명을 위협하기도 한다. 원인을 알 수 없는 일차성 혈관염도 있지만 자가면역 질환이나 약물, 감염, 종양 등 수많은 원인들에 의해 발생하는 이차성 혈관염도 있으며 분류가 복잡하고 명확한 진단검사가 없어 진단에 어려움이 있다. 또한 다양하고 비특이적인 증상과 징후 및 검사 소견을 보여 혈관염의 진단에는 임상양상, 영상 검사, 자가항체 검사, 병리 소견 등 여러 가지 결과를 종합하는 것이 필수적이다. 이 종설에서는 혈관염의 분류와 진단에 중요한 증상 및 징후, 특징적으로 폐를 침범하는 대표적인 폐혈관염의 영상 소견과 감별 진단, 그리고 새로운 혈관염 분류를 위한 국제적 연구인 Diagnostic and Classification Criteria in Vasculitis에 대해 소개하고자 한다.
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- Chohee Kim
- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Jin F, Li Q, Bai C, Wang H, Li S, Song Y, Zeng Y, Zhou R, Li W, Hu C, Zhang J, Zhou H, Zhang H. Chinese Expert Recommendation for Diagnosis and Treatment of Massive Hemoptysis. Respiration 2019; 99:83-92. [PMID: 31509823 DOI: 10.1159/000502156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Massive hemoptysis is one of emergency and critical diseases of the respiratory system. The definition of massive hemoptysis has always been different in the literature, which often depends on the quantitative estimation of the amount of hemoptysis, such as the amount of hemoptysis being in the range of 300-600 mL within 24 h, or hemoptysis more than 3 times within 1 week. Each amount of hemoptysis that is greater than 100 mL can be considered as massive hemoptysis, but the amount of hemoptysis is difficult to accurately estimate. Therefore, massive hemoptysis can be defined as any life-threatening hemoptysis and any hemoptysis that may cause airway obstruction and asphyxia. Massive hemoptysis accounts for approximately 5% of all hemoptysis cases and usually indicates the presence of a potentially severe respiratory or systemic disease. The mortality rate of massive hemoptysis is about 6.5-38%. The cause of death is generally shock caused by airway obstruction or excessive bleeding, and asphyxia is the main cause of death. At present, due to insufficient understanding of massive hemoptysis, there are limited technical means in the etiological diagnosis and untimely or improper treatment, resulting in high mortality of massive hemoptysis. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of massive hemoptysis needs to be standardized.
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- Faguang Jin
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China,
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dongfang Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Meitan General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Respiration, Central South University Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiration, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiration, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China
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