A 63-Year-Old Man With Nonmassive Hemoptysis With a Right Upper Lung Mass

Narongwit Nakwan; Arunchai Chang; Cheep Chareonlab

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.035

A 63-Year-Old Man With Nonmassive Hemoptysis With a Right Upper Lung Mass

Chest. 2022 Jul;162(1):e27-e31. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.035.

Authors

Narongwit Nakwan¹, Arunchai Chang², Cheep Chareonlab²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand; Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand. Electronic address: naronak@hotmail.com.
² Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand; Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hat Yai Medical Education Center, Hat Yai Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand.

PMID: 35809946
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.035

Abstract

A 63-year-old man, who was a current smoker with a 10-pack-year history, was referred to our hospital for nonmassive hemoptysis for a month, and a large mass was observed in the right upper lobe on chest radiography. He lost 3 kg of weight within a few months. He did not have fever, breathlessness, or night sweats, and he denied a history of liver disease, alcohol consumption, or contact with a person infected with TB. He was previously healthy and was not currently taking any medication.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea
Hemoptysis* / diagnosis
Hemoptysis* / etiology
Humans
Lung* / diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography