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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

Exogenous lipoid pneumonia masquerading as a pulmonary nodule: a case report.

Yao Shen, Su Yao

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yao ShenDepartment of Pathology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Su YaoDepartment of Pathology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

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Abstract

This case report describes a patient with exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule. ELP is a rare chronic pulmonary disorder characterized by nonspecific clinical symptoms and imaging findings. When manifesting as a mass or nodule, features such as lobulation and spiculation on imaging can closely resemble lung cancer, frequently leading to misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgical intervention. We present a retrospective analysis of a pathologically confirmed case of ELP to improve recognition of this condition among both clinicians and pathologists.

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exogenous lipoid pneumonialung cancermisdiagnosispathological morphologypulmonary nodule

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