[Atypically located pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma: case report].
Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinomas typically arise from central extra-pulmonary airways and lung involvement is rare. On the other hand, this entity should be kept in mind because it has a more favorable clinical course compared to the primary lung adenocarcinoma. In this paper; the clinical, radiological and pathological aspects of a 47 years old man with a complaint of chronic cough, who was found to have a mass lesion at upper lobe of right lung and a final diagnosis of primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma according to transbronchial needle biopsy and pneumonectomy, was presented.
Unsal
Alparslan
A
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey. aunsal@adu.edu.tr
Karaman
Can Zafer
CZ
Kacar
Firuzan
F
Sen
Serdar
S
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*