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Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report

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    • Jinlin Wang
    • Shiyue Li
    • Jun Liu
    • Yingying Gu
    • Ping Chen
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    Affiliations: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1180
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess complex cases of multiple pulmonary nodules (PNs) with high metabolic activity that may have benefited from being managed in a manner outside the formal guidelines. The study describes the case of a patient with multiple highly metabolically‑active PNs, where an original diagnosis of lung cancer metastasis was proposed. Following a failed transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) were performed, and a diagnosis of lymphoepithelioma‑like carcinoma (LELC; stage ⅠA) and tuberculosis was reached. This case report demonstrated that multiple nodule biopsies by VATS were effective and were able to improve the prognosis without delay.
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Wang J, Li S, Liu J, Gu Y and Chen P: Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report. Exp Ther Med 6: 325-328, 2013.
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Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., & Chen, P. (2013). Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 6, 325-328. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1180
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Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., Chen, P."Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 6.2 (2013): 325-328.
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Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., Chen, P."Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 6, no. 2 (2013): 325-328. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1180
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Wang J, Li S, Liu J, Gu Y and Chen P: Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report. Exp Ther Med 6: 325-328, 2013.
APA
Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., & Chen, P. (2013). Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 6, 325-328. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1180
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Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., Chen, P."Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 6.2 (2013): 325-328.
Chicago
Wang, J., Li, S., Liu, J., Gu, Y., Chen, P."Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by video‑assisted thoracic surgery: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 6, no. 2 (2013): 325-328. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1180
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