title: Slowly progressive adenocarcinoma of the lung: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ondo
authors.forename: Takaomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kase
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Tokujiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: 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