title: Primary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Peripheral Lungs.
abstract: We herein report a very rare case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the peripheral lungs. A 77-year-old female visited a family physician for aortitis syndrome, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. A follow-up chest computed tomography scan for aortitis syndrome revealed a nodule in the middle lobe of the right lung. Although a transbronchial lung biopsy was attempted, a definitive diagnosis could not be made. Because the possibility of lung malignancy could not be ruled out, thoracoscopic wedge resection of the middle lobe was performed. The intraoperative pathological diagnosis revealed carcinoma of the lungs and we performed middle lobectomy under complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. A histopathological examination demonstrated an adenoid cystic carcinoma with a characteristic cribriform structure.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanagiri
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chikaishi
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uramoto
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed