A 52-Year-Old Man Presented With Cough, Chest Pain, and a Mass in the Right Lung

Chest. 2020 Nov;158(5):e241-e244. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.030.

Abstract

A 52-year-old man, current smoker with a 50 pack-year history, presented to our department with cough, yellow sputum, and localized right chest pain. Chest radiograph revealed a large mass in the right upper lobe. He denied the presence of fever, night sweats, or weight loss. He has a medical history of COPD and anxiety disorder. He was receiving long-acting beta agonists/long-acting muscarinic antagonists as a treatment for COPD and quetiapine 100 mg for anxiety disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / methods
  • Chest Pain* / diagnosis
  • Chest Pain* / etiology
  • Cough* / diagnosis
  • Cough* / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Granuloma, Respiratory Tract* / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Respiratory Tract* / physiopathology
  • Granuloma, Respiratory Tract* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Lung* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung* / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnosis
  • Thoracotomy / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome