• Medicina · Jan 2020

    Case Reports

    [Placental transmogrification of the lung. Atypical presentation of the bullous emphysema].

    • Liliana Vila, Atilio Reginatto, Héctor Rivero, Mercedes Rayá, Gabriela Guma, and Ana Karina Patané.
    • Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital de Rehabilitación Respiratoria María Ferrer, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • Medicina (B Aires). 2020 Jan 1; 80 (5): 570-573.

    AbstractPlacental transmogrification of the lung is an extremely rare lesion, associated with giant bullous emphysema and considered by some authors to be a histological variant of unilateral giant bullous emphysema. Its etiology is still unknown and represents a challenge for both clinical and pathological diagnosis. We present the case of a young patient, who consults with dyspnea of one year of evolution, and whose postoperative diagnosis includes this rare entity.

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