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3987379

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical, radiographic, and pathologic material from ten patients with intrapulmonary lymph nodes was analyzed, along with information from all previously reported cases. In our series the median age was 56 years, and 80 percent (eight) of the patients were men. All patients are or were cigarette smokers. Sixty percent (six) had a history of exposure to either asbestos, nonfibrous silicates, or both. There were no characteristic symptoms attributable to the intrapulmonary lymph nodes. Forty percent (four) had an unexplained pulmonary nodule or nodules on the chest roentgenogram, which prompted further diagnostic studies, including thoracotomy, to rule out a malignant neoplasm. Radiographically, in our cases and in the literature, almost all cases of intrapulmonary lymph nodes are subpleural, inferior to the level of the carina, and less than 2.0 cm in diameter. Thirty-five percent are multiple. Pathologically, in our cases, all intrapulmonary lymph nodes were markedly anthracotic, and 60 percent were additionally silicotic. Although their histogenesis is uncertain, intrapulmonary lymph nodes are probably hyperplastic lymphoid nodules related to inhalation of irritant dusts and attendant distortion of local lymphatic vessels. Precise clinical and radiographic analysis correlated carefully with cytologic and histologic material obtained by percutaneous needle biopsy should obviate exploratory thoracotomy in most instances.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
662-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Intrapulmonary lymph nodes. Clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article