Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumour.
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.
De-Luca
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Divisione di Pneumologia, Ospedale Regionale, Ancona, Italy.
Sanguinetti
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Bearzi
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Murer
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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