Slowly progressive adenocarcinoma of the lung: report of a case.
A case report of a slowly progressive adenocarcinoma of the lung, followed by computed tomography is herein discussed. The patient was a 76-year-old woman, who was operated on about four years after a small lung nodule on her left upper lobe was discovered. The tumor was suspected to be either well differentiated adenocarcinoma or atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) by the findings of chest computed tomography before the operation, and the resected specimen demonstrated well differentiated adenocarcinoma, without lymph node metastasis. This case demonstrates the possibility that some adenocarcinomas with particular histology are slowly progressive, and also there might be the option of lobectomy or segmentectomy for treating such tumors.
Yamaguchi
Masafumi
M
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Sugio
Kenji
K
Ondo
Kaoru
K
Koga
Takaomi
T
Kase
Shinichiro
S
Yamazaki
Koji
K
Yano
Tokujiro
T
Sugimachi
Keizo
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed