Primary pulmonary meningioma: an unusual cause of a nodule with strong and homogeneous enhancement

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• 作者：Yeun Yoon Kim^a ; ¹ ; ^{cookieks35@yuhs.ac" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Yong Kook Hong^a ; Jeong-Hae Kie^b ; Seok Jong Ryu^a ; ^{chestrsj@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Meningioma ; Lung ; Solitary pulmonary nodule ; Computed tomography
• 刊名：Clinical Imaging
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：40
• 期：1
• 页码：170-173
• 全文大小：724 K

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We report a case of a 61-year-old female with atypical chest pain. The chest CT scan revealed a well-circumscribed large intrapulmonary nodule that showed vigorous and homogeneous contrast enhancement. The nodule was diagnosed as a meningioma after surgery. Metastatic meningioma was excluded by brain and spine MRI scans. Primary pulmonary meningioma usually appears as a solitary well-defined round or lobulated nodule with variable enhancement on CT; this case is unique because of the intense and homogeneous enhancement. Although rare, primary pulmonary meningioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a well-defined pulmonary nodule with dense and homogeneous enhancement.