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Thoracolithiasis has been reported as one or more free-mobile bodies, and this free mobility in the pleural cavities could be a clue to the diagnosis. Here, we report a rare case of immobile thoracolithiasis anchored to the pleural fat like a pearl earring.
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Thoracolithiasis is a rare benign condition with mobile free bodies in the pleural cavity. It is asymptomatic and mostly found incidentally. Up to our knowledge there is no report of symptomatic numerous thoracolithiasis.
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Thoracoliths are rare benign intrapleural loose bodies, often containing calcification, that are mobile in the pleural cavity. The presence of these intrapleural nodules is referred to as thoracolithiasis. The exact etiology of thoracoliths is unknown, but they presumably result from a prior episode of mediastinal (epipericardial) fat necrosis.
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