Adenocarcinoma; placa de rayos X de tórax
Esta radiografía muestra un adenocarcinoma del pulmón. Hay una zona clara redondeada en la parte superior del pulmón (lado izquierdo de la imagen), a nivel de la segunda costilla. La zona clara tiene bordes irregulares y poco definidos y su densidad no es uniforme. Las enfermedades que pueden presentar este tipo de resultado radiográfico son: tuberculosis o granuloma fungoso y tumores benignos o malignos.
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Last reviewed 8/24/2011 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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