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Case Reports
. 2003 Apr;9(2):123-5.

Pulmonary granuloma possibly caused by staples after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Masaki Tomita  1 , Yasunori Matsuzaki, Masao Edagawa, Tetsuya Shimizu, Masaki Hara, Toshio Onitsuka
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  • PMID: 12732090
Case Reports

Pulmonary granuloma possibly caused by staples after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Masaki Tomita et al. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

A 74-year-old man, with a history of colon cancer resection and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection of pulmonary metastases, was found to have a left pulmonary nodule near the previous staple-line. The size of this nodule increased during follow-up. Because of this clinical course, this nodule was considered to be a tumor recurrence at the staple-line, and pulmonary re-resection was performed. The pathologic diagnosis of this nodule was foreign body granuloma (FBG) possibly due to previous surgical staples. FBG induced by staples may be a rare complication in VATS.

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