Research Article | Open Access
Volume 2024 - 3 | Article ID 249 | https://dx.doi.org/10.51521/IJMCCR.2024.3310
Academic Editor: John Bose
Aamir Shafi, Zeeza Hussain, Billal
Rashid
Department of General Medicine SKIMS Medical College
and Hospital Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India
Corresponding author: Aamir Shafi; Department of General Medicine SKIMS
Medical College and Hospital Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India.
Citation: Aamir Shafi, Zeeza Hussain,
Billal Rashid, (2024) Phantom Tumor of the Lung: A Forgotten Masquerader of
Malignant Lung Mass. Int J Med Clin Case Rep, 3(3), 1-2.
Copyright: © 2024, Aamir Shafi, et al.
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ABSTRACT
Phantom tumor, an interlobar accumulation of
transudative pleural fluid in patients with right heart failure presents as a
dense mass like opacity on chest radiograph. Resembling a lung mass an
unnecessary diagnostic work up is at times performed for suspected malignant pathology.
we present a case of phantom tumor in an elderly female with heart failure who
was subjected to contrast tomography in view of slight irregular margins of
lung opacity ultimately turning out to be a phantom tumor. Adequate diuretic
therapy should be instituted before any diagnostic or therapeutic workup is
planned and follow-up radiograph taken within 24-48 hours for documenting
resolution of effusion.
Keywords:
Phantom tumor, Lung mass, Heart failure
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