Pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma: a rare benign tumor of the lung.
Pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma (PMCA) is rare, with few reported cases. This tumor is histologically characterized by a benign proliferation of mucin-producing epithelial cells and bulky mucin inside the tumor. We present the case of a 71-year-old woman with increasing mass shadow on chest radiography who underwent tumor resection by video-assisted thoracic surgery. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as PMCA.
Haruki
Tomohiro
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Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan. tharuki@med.tottori-u.ac.jp
Nakamura
Hiroshige
H
Taniguchi
Yuji
Y
Miwa
Ken
K
Adachi
Yoshin
Y
Fujioka
Shinji
S
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome