Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumour. A 20-year survival.
An unusual case of intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumour in a 40-year-old Chinese woman is reported. The woman has survived 20 years after radiological abnormalities were first noted in her lungs. This slowly progressing endothelial lung tumour has only recently been recognized as a distinct pathological entity.
D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology