A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report

We report a case of pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma which was mistaken to be a loculated empyema on chest CT. To the best of our knowledge, this entity has never been previously reported in literature.

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Main Authors: Sung Min Moon, Hyun Ju Seon, Yoo-Duk Choi, Sang-Yun Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.125568
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Hyun Ju Seon
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description We report a case of pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma which was mistaken to be a loculated empyema on chest CT. To the best of our knowledge, this entity has never been previously reported in literature.
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spelling doaj.art-27ee716cfb8148de9cdc1449f0355b832022-12-21T22:32:51ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082013-10-01230430130310.4103/0971-3026.125568A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case reportSung Min Moon0Hyun Ju Seon1Yoo-Duk Choi2Sang-Yun Song3Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South KoreaWe report a case of pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma which was mistaken to be a loculated empyema on chest CT. To the best of our knowledge, this entity has never been previously reported in literature.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.125568colloid adenocarcinomamucinous neoplasmpleurapleuropulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinomapulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
spellingShingle Sung Min Moon
Hyun Ju Seon
Yoo-Duk Choi
Sang-Yun Song
A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
colloid adenocarcinoma
mucinous neoplasm
pleura
pleuropulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
title A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
title_full A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
title_fullStr A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
title_full_unstemmed A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
title_short A rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially: A case report
title_sort rare pleural mucinous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking loculated empyema initially a case report
topic colloid adenocarcinoma
mucinous neoplasm
pleura
pleuropulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.125568
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