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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 294-296 |
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Aspiration-related organizing pneumonia complicating laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: A lung cancer mimicker
Ahmed A Aljohaney1, Amr M Ajlan2, Fahad A Alghamdi3
1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Ahmed A Aljohaney
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80215, Jeddah 21589
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.182902
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There are several described pulmonary complications due to laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. We report a rare case of a 32-year-old male who presented with pulmonary symptoms and a solitary lung mass 12 years after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. A bronchoscopic lung biopsy showed organizing pneumonia that was induced by aspiration pneumonia. The atypical radiological appearance of the aspiration pneumonia may pose a diagnostic challenge, and clinicians' awareness regarding such an entity is needed to avoid unnecessary intervention. |
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