Shohei Yoshiya: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. yoshiya@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
We herein describe an asymptomatic 31-year-old male who was admitted for an investigation of an abnormal pleural tumor detected by chest radiography. We performed various preoperative investigations including fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) was 2.2, and malignancy could not be ruled out. We therefore carried out a thoracoscopy-assisted partial resection of the right upper lobe combined with a parietal pleurectomy. The pathological examination showed that there was a tumor localized with pleural amyloidosis.
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[PMID: 6154243]
