Diagnosis of lung cancer in a patient with pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis using MRI.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the MRI features and correlative pathologic findings of a lung cancer in a patient with progressive massive fibrosis (PMF). In this case, MRI was able to distinguish the lung cancer as a high signal intensity area, and the fibrotic mass as a low signal intensity area, on both T1-weighted and T2-weighted images when compared with muscle. MRI is potentially useful in distinguishing cancer tissue from PMF in patients with pneumoconiosis.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Lung Neoplasms
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Silicosis