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Case Reports

Placental Transmogrification of the Lung Presenting as Emphysema and a Lung Mass

^a Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
^b Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
^c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Accepted for publication May 29, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Litle, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box SURG, Rochester, NY 14642–8410 (Email: virginia_litle{at}urmc.rochester.edu).

Placental transmogrification of the lung is a rare histologic subtype of bullous emphysema. We report a case of placental transmogrification in a 39-year-old man with dyspnea, mild hemoptysis, and giant bullous emphysema with an associated lung mass. Here we show that untreated placental transmogrification of the lung can lead to severe pulmonary symptoms and surgery is diagnostic and curative.