Fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung in a 25-year-old woman.
We report the case of a 25-year-old woman with a chance detection at x-ray of a well-defined mass in the right upper lobe during a medical examination. The patient suffered from a modest flu syndrome, with cough and fever. She was a current smoker. CT scan showed a homogeneous well-defined perihilar mass without calcifications, located in the right upper lobe and fully surrounded by aerated parenchyma. A right upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling was performed. A pathologic diagnosis of well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung was made and staged as T2N0. Few cases of this type of malignancy have been reported in literature.
Longo
Marina
M
Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy.
Levra
Matteo Giaj
MG
Capelletto
Enrica
E
Billè
Andrea
A
Ardissone
Francesco
F
Familiari
Ubaldo
U
Novello
Silvia
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000473:pathology*