Rapidly Moving Vanishing Tumor of the Lung After Open-heart Surgery

HIROMI SATO; JINYA TAKAHASHI; MUNEHISA BEKKI; RYO SHIBATA; KODAI SHIBAO; HIDEYA SATO; SHOICHIRO NOHARA; AKIHIRO HONDA; NAOKI ITAYA; HIDETOSHI CHIBANA; YOSHIHIRO FUKUMOTO

doi:10.2739/kurumemedj.MS682004

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Rapidly Moving Vanishing Tumor of the Lung After Open-heart Surgery

HIROMI SATO, JINYA TAKAHASHI, MUNEHISA BEKKI, RYO SHIBATA, KODAI SHIBAO, HIDEYA SATO, SHOICHIRO NOHARA, AKIHIRO HONDA, NAOKI ITAYA, HIDETOSHI CHIBANA, YOSHIHIRO FUKUMOTO

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Keywords: interlobar effusion, heart failure, vanishing tumor, phantom tumor, quickly moving

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2021 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 141-144

DOI https://doi.org/10.2739/kurumemedj.MS682004

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Abstract

Summary: Vanishing tumor of the lung, also known as phantom tumor, is uncommonly observed in congestive heart failure. We report a case of a vanishing tumor that rapidly disappeared and reappeared in just a few minutes due to repositioning in a patient after open-heart surgery.

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