title: Alveolar adenoma resected by thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: Alveolar adenoma, a rare benign pulmonary neoplasm, usually presents as asymptomatic. Since first described in 1986, no more than 35 cases have been reported in the English medical literature. Here we report a case of 48-year-old woman who suffered from this tumor, the patient is doing well 4 years after thoracoscopic lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Luming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Azmat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rustam
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome