Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

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4/2012 vol. 9

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Single round shadow of the lung: carcinoma or round pneumonia? – diagnostic problem, differential diagnosis

Franciszek Halkiewicz
,
Jerzy Kozielski
,
Joanna Witkowska-Klinke
,
Ewa Kluczewska
,
Jan Głowacki
,
Edyta Machura
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 477–480
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32689
Online publish date: 2013/01/14
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Round shadow in the radiological images of the lungs is an important symptom of various diseases including pulmonary neoplasms. In the paper there is described a patient with pneumonia with radiological features of a round shadow suggesting tumor. The differential diagnostics of the single round shadow of the lung are described including inflammatory changes.

Keywords

round shadow, tumor, lung carcinoma, pneumonia

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