TY - JOUR
T1 - A 60-year-old woman with PET scan-avid lung nodules and a history of a ruptured silicone breast implant
AU - Karnatovskaia, Lioudmila V.
AU - Khoor, Andras
AU - Johnson, Margaret M.
AU - Kaplan, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - A 60-year-old woman was referred to the pulmonary clinic for evaluation of lung nodules. Her medical history was notable for hypothyroidism, anxiety, and a ruptured breast implant for which incomplete surgical resection and evacuation had been performed 10 years previously. She was a lifelong nonsmoker and worked as a gym instructor. The patient denied occupational exposures and had not traveled recently. Medications included levothyroxine and alprazolam. Except for a 1-month history of occasional dry cough, the review of systems was negative. The patient's physician queried whether the previously ruptured silicone breast implant may have played a role in the genesis of the nodules and referred the patient to our institution for further management. The lack of systemic symptoms relative to the degree of lung involvement provided an early diagnostic clue.
AB - A 60-year-old woman was referred to the pulmonary clinic for evaluation of lung nodules. Her medical history was notable for hypothyroidism, anxiety, and a ruptured breast implant for which incomplete surgical resection and evacuation had been performed 10 years previously. She was a lifelong nonsmoker and worked as a gym instructor. The patient denied occupational exposures and had not traveled recently. Medications included levothyroxine and alprazolam. Except for a 1-month history of occasional dry cough, the review of systems was negative. The patient's physician queried whether the previously ruptured silicone breast implant may have played a role in the genesis of the nodules and referred the patient to our institution for further management. The lack of systemic symptoms relative to the degree of lung involvement provided an early diagnostic clue.
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U2 - 10.1378/chest.14-0203
DO - 10.1378/chest.14-0203
M3 - Article
C2 - 25288007
AN - SCOPUS:84907923323
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 146
SP - e138-e142
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
IS - 4
ER -