Daiki Akagaki, T. Oba, Masaharu Nakano, Takaharu Nakayoshi, G. Haraguchi, Ayako Ohbuchi, Hideki Ohshima, M. Nishihara, Y. Fukumoto
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Abstract
Introduction: In patients with acute heart failure, pleural fluid localized in an inter-pleural fissure produces a mass on chest X-ray, which mimics a tumor. Case Presentation: Such masses have been designated as vanishing tumors of the lung. It is extremely rare that a vanishing tumor occurs in the apex of the lung. Conclusions: This is the first case report of a vanishing tumor in the right pulmonary apex.