title: Aspects of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and of adenocarcinoma with a bronchioloalveolar component: CT findings.
abstract: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma has various presentations and a wide spectrum of imaging patterns, as does adenocarcinoma with a bronchioloalveolar component. The objective of this essay was to describe and illustrate the CT findings that are most characteristic of these tumors. Three presentations are described: solitary pulmonary nodule, consolidation, and diffuse pattern. The last two should be included in the differential diagnosis, together with infectious diseases. Knowledge of the various presentations and the use of proper diagnostic procedures are crucial to early diagnosis and to improving survival.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. pedroptstorres@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capobianco
authors.forename: Marcelo Eustáquio
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Montandon Júnior
authors.forename: Gustavo Souza Portes
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Meirelles
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed