title: Alveolar adenoma: an extremely rare innocent coin lesion.
abstract: Alveolar adenoma is an extremely rare benign tumour of the lung. Less than 30 cases have been reported in the English literature. A 42-year-old asymptomatic female who presented with a solitary peripheral pulmonary nodule on chest roentgenogram underwent thoracoscopic wedge resection and was diagnosed with this rare tumour. The indolent clinical progression and the absence of recurrence and metastasis after complete resection are the most important characteristics of this tumour. The classical solitary pulmonary nodule is a common and vexing problem. Nodules are extremely common in clinical practice and challenging to manage. Solitary pulmonary nodules can represent different specific lung diseases, focal non-specific inflammations, and primary and secondary malignant tumours. Identification of malignant nodules is important because they represent a potentially curable form of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panagiotou
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostikas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sampaziotis
authors.forename: Christophoros
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D000074482:Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000074482:Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors