Pulmonary adenocarcinoma with heterotopic bone formation.
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a common malignancy. Frequently, this tumor can cause calcification within a primary tumor. However, an extremely rare occurrence in lung carcinomas is ossification within a primary tumor, and to our knowledge only three cases have been reported. We report a case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with ossification, and discuss the pathogenesis of intratumoral ossification with a review of the literature.
Hara
H
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Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Iwabuchi
K
K
Shinada
J
J
Yoshimura
H
H
Kameya
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000378:metabolism; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor