Alveolar adenoma of the lung: unusual diagnosis of a lesion positive on PET scan. A case report.
The authors report a clinical case of alveolar adenoma presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule which was positive to PET and deeply located in the lung. Few cases of alveolar adenomas have been reported in literature; these lesions are considered pulmonary neoplasms with benign behaviour, usually presenting as a peripheral or subpleural coin lesion; the PET activities of such neoplasms were unknown.The present clinical case was singular for the deep location of the nodule and its tight adhesion to left inferior pulmonary vein requiring a lobectomy. In addition, alveolar adenoma PET behaviour has been reported as light positivity.
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Mario
M
Nosotti
Paolo
P
Mendogni
Lorenzo
L
Rosso
Davide
D
Tosi
Alessandro
A
Palleschi
Maria
M
Basciu
Luigi
L
Santambrogio
Stefano
S
Ferrero
D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli