Presentation
Shortness of breath, history of asbestos exposure.
Patient Data
Initial CT scan demonstrates a faint ground glass nodule of the right lower lobe.
Low lung volume with bilateral reticulations, bilateral pleural calcifications are noted.
Bilateral calcified and non-calcified pleural plaques.
Mild centrilobular emphysema. Interstitial lung changes, more marked at the lung bases.
A nodule at the right lower lobe has interval enlarged.
Increase uptake of the right lower lobe nodule.
Further increase in the size of the right lower lobe nodule.
Further increase in the size of the right lower lobe nodule, now demonstrates central lucency suggest possible cavitation.
Case Discussion
Surgical pathology from right lower lobe segmentectomy: squamous cell carcinoma, non-keratinizing.