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Granular Cell Tumor of the Lung

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A nodular lesion in the medial segment of right middle lobe was discovered on a chest radiograph for chronic cough in a 42-year-old Asian woman. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan subsequently showed a right middle lobe (RML) nodular lesion, which exhibited intense fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography scan. A thoracoscopic RML lobectomy was then performed and immunohistochemical study and Ki-67 proliferative index on the pathology sample demonstrated a benign granular cell tumor. Thirty-six months after surgery, the patient remains symptom-free and there has been no recurrence of the tumor on follow-up CT scan.

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  1. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, 2 Yuh-Der Road, Taichung City, 40447, Taiwan, ROC

    Hsin-Yuan Fang

  2. Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC

    Chin-Yen Wu & Hung-Je Huang

  3. Department of Pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC

    Yueh-Min Lin

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Fang, HY., Wu, CY., Huang, HJ. et al. Granular Cell Tumor of the Lung. Lung 188, 355–357 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-009-9221-z

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