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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2017

Solitary pulmonary caseating granulomas: A 5-year retrospective single-center analysis.

Hidehiro Watanabe, Tomonori Uruma, Ikuo Seita, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Yusuke Watanabe, Ayaka Tsukimori, Yoshiteru Haga, Shinji Fukushima, Akihiro Sato, Itaru Nakamura and 1 more

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hidehiro WatanabeDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Tomonori UrumaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0395, Japan.
Ikuo SeitaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0395, Japan.
Tsuyoshi OishiDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0395, Japan.
Yusuke WatanabeDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Ayaka TsukimoriDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Yoshiteru HagaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Shinji FukushimaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Akihiro SatoDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Itaru NakamuraDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Tetsuya MatsumotoDepartment of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Tokyo Medical University Hospital · JPTokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solitary pulmonary caseating granulomas (SPCGs) are a characteristic type of tuberculomas associated with infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and other microbes; however, their significance remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with SPCGs in terms of diagnosis, presence of lung cancer and treatment status. A retrospective analysis of 17 immunocompetent patients with histopathologically confirmed caseating granulomas after undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was conducted at our center between 2011 and 2015. The patients comprised 10 men and 7 women with a mean age of 59.1±14.4 years. Of the 17 patients, 14 (82.4%) were asymptomatic and the lesions were discovered incidentally. In 2 patients the SPCGs were accompanied by a small satellite nodule (SPCG mean diameter, 16.2±5.1 mm). Mycobacteria, including

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interferon-γ release assaynon-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary nodulepositron emission tomographytuberculoma

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