Pleural dissemination of a mixed ground-glass opacity nodule treated as a nontuberculous XXXX for 6 years without growing remarkably.

@entity1143 @entity32 @entity2 @entity281
UNASSIGNED: Pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) nodules, which do not grow remarkably, are often observed without treatment. @entity2 coexisting with @entity32 and infection are difficult to diagnose. In this paper, we describe a very rare case of a pulmonary mixed GGO nodule with @entity1143 . In 67-year-old female, chest computed tomography (CT) showed a mixed GGO nodule that had not grown remarkably in the right lung. For 6 years, the mixed GGO had been treated as nontuberculous @entity281 . She was referred to our department for further investigation of the mixed GGO. We suspected @entity2 and performed lung segmentectomy. The tissue showed @entity1143 . Coexisting nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) delayed the clinical diagnosis. Peripheral lung nodules should be resected or diagnosed as soon as possible, despite manifesting as a slow growth.
