Primary polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of lung treated by sleeve bronchial resection: a case report.
We report a surgical case of primary polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) of the minor salivary gland-type of the lung. A PLGA originating from the right upper lobar bronchial inlet was successfully treated by sleeve right upper lobectomy. PLGAs are thought to be indolent tumors that are preferentially localized to the palate, and they affect the minor salivary glands almost exclusively. Until now, two cases of distant metastases to the lung have been reported in the English literature. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of PLGA of minor salivary gland-type of the lung without evidence of a previous oropharyngeal primary tumor has been reported in the English literature. But the case was not a single lesion; it was bilateral tumors accompanied by tumors of the cervical lymph nodes. We report here the first case of a single primary PLGA of the minor salivary gland-type of the lung, which was successfully treated by sleeve bronchial resection of right upper lobe.
Cho
Kyu Do
KD
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, St.Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93-6 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Korea. kyudias@cvnet.co.kr
Jung
Ji Han
JH
Cho
Deog Gon
DG
Jo
Min Seop
MS
Yoo
Jinyoung
J
Song
So Hyang
SH
Shim
Byoung Yong
BY
Kim
Chi Hong
CH
Kim
Hoon-Kyo
HK
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome