Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass

Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass

Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma (PHG) is a rare, benign lung disease of unknown etiology. It usually manifests as solitary and sometimes as multiple pulmonary nodules. It may have irregular margins, cavitation, or calcifications mimicking metastasis or primary lung neoplasm. It should be considered...

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Main Authors: Mandeep Singh Rahi, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Kwesi Amoah, Farheen Chowdhury, Jeff Kwon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Clinics and Practice
Subjects:
lung mass
lung nodule
pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma
smoking
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2039-7283/11/1/7
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spelling doaj-a66a72c45b644d12a0cfd17aab69b6152021-02-08T22:59:34ZengMDPI AGClinics and Practice2039-72832021-01-01117374210.3390/clinpract11010007Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung MassMandeep Singh Rahi0Kulothungan Gunasekaran1Kwesi Amoah2Farheen Chowdhury3Jeff Kwon4Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06258, USADivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06258, USADivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06258, USADivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06258, USADivision of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06258, USAPulmonary hyalinizing granuloma (PHG) is a rare, benign lung disease of unknown etiology. It usually manifests as solitary and sometimes as multiple pulmonary nodules. It may have irregular margins, cavitation, or calcifications mimicking metastasis or primary lung neoplasm. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules or masses. In this report, we present an unusual case of incidental slow-growing lung mass in a patient with 30 pack-year smoking history, construction-based occupation. The pleural-based calcified nodule in the left upper lobe gradually increased in size over ten years without any hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. For an accurate diagnosis, PET-scan and histopathological analysis through wedge resection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) were done. The biopsy findings were consistent with pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma, a rare benign cause of lung mass with an excellent long-term prognosis.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-7283/11/1/7lung masslung nodulepulmonary hyalinizing granulomasmoking
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Kulothungan Gunasekaran
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Farheen Chowdhury
Jeff Kwon
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Kulothungan Gunasekaran
Kwesi Amoah
Farheen Chowdhury
Jeff Kwon
Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
Clinics and Practice
lung mass
lung nodule
pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma
smoking
author_facet Mandeep Singh Rahi
Kulothungan Gunasekaran
Kwesi Amoah
Farheen Chowdhury
Jeff Kwon
author_sort Mandeep Singh Rahi
title Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
title_short Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
title_full Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
title_fullStr Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Rare Cause of a Benign Lung Mass
title_sort pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma: a rare cause of a benign lung mass
publisher MDPI AG
series Clinics and Practice
issn 2039-7283
publishDate 2021-01-01
description Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma (PHG) is a rare, benign lung disease of unknown etiology. It usually manifests as solitary and sometimes as multiple pulmonary nodules. It may have irregular margins, cavitation, or calcifications mimicking metastasis or primary lung neoplasm. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules or masses. In this report, we present an unusual case of incidental slow-growing lung mass in a patient with 30 pack-year smoking history, construction-based occupation. The pleural-based calcified nodule in the left upper lobe gradually increased in size over ten years without any hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. For an accurate diagnosis, PET-scan and histopathological analysis through wedge resection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) were done. The biopsy findings were consistent with pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma, a rare benign cause of lung mass with an excellent long-term prognosis.
topic lung mass
lung nodule
pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma
smoking
url https://www.mdpi.com/2039-7283/11/1/7
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