ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Pulmonary Medicine
This article is part of the Research TopicCase Reports in Pulmonary Medicine 2025View all 27 articles
Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia Masquerading as a Pulmonary Nodule: A Case Report
Provisionally accepted
Yao Shen
Su Yao*- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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Abstract: This case report describes a patient with exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule. ELP is a rare chronic pulmonary disorder characterized by nonspecific clinical symptoms and imaging findings. When manifesting as a mass or nodule, features such as lobulation and spiculation on imaging can closely resemble lung cancer, frequently leading to misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgical intervention. We present a retrospective analysis of a pathologically confirmed case of ELP to improve recognition of this condition among both clinicians and pathologists.
Keywords: case repoort, Exogenous lipoid pneumonia, lung cancer, Misdiagnosis, Pathological morphology
Received: 27 Oct 2025; Accepted: 08 Dec 2025.
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* Correspondence: Su Yao
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