Pulmonary blastoma within bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma.
Pulmonary blastoma is a rare tumour of the lung composed of epithelial and mesenchymal elements that morphologically resemble the embryonal structure of the lung. The authors report a 79-year-old man who was diagnosed with a pulmonary blastoma within bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma. Macroscopic, histopathological and immunohistochemical findings suggested that the pulmonary blastoma was closely associated with the bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma.
Harada
Toshiyuki
T
Internal Medicine, Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital, Iwamizawa, Japan. t-harada@hamanasu.com
Sukoh
Noriaki
N
Hakuma
Nobuyuki
N
Kamimura
Akira
A
Ito
Koji
K
Okamoto
Kenzo
K
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed