title: Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumour.
abstract: A case of intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumour (IVBAT) presenting in a 49 yr old asymptomatic man is reported. IVBAT was diagnosed by open lung biopsy. The disease had a presumable duration of ten years and showed a low tendency to progress. The endothelial origin of the tumour was immunohistochemically proven.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Pneumologia, Ospedale Regionale, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De-Luca
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bearzi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murer
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*; D013908:Thoracotomy