title: Lung adenocarcinoma, mixed subtype: histopathologic basis for high-resolution computed tomography findings.
abstract: "Adenocarcinoma, mixed subtype" is the most common histologic subtype of lung adenocarcinomas in the World Health Organization classification of 2004. For small peripheral adenocarcinomas, for example, those measuring 2 cm or less in greatest diameter, invasive areas can present various histologic patterns. The purpose of this study is to present the radiologic features of small peripheral lung adenocarcinomas with or without a bronchioloalveolar component and with or without invasive areas, in comparison with histopathologic findings. For this purpose, a detailed evaluation of the characteristics of solid regions in ground-glass opacity on high-resolution computerized tomographic images of lung adenocarcinoma is useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume Daiichi Social Insurance Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. rad.first.hp@utopia.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Seiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuno
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kinuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014944:World Health Organization