TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple Lung Adenocarcinomas Showing Ground-Glass Opacities on Thoracic Computed Tomography
AU - Tsushima, Yukio
AU - Suzuki, Kenji
AU - Watanabe, Shun ichi
AU - Kusumoto, Masahiko
AU - Tsuta, Koji
AU - Matsuno, Yoshihiro
AU - Asamura, Hisao
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - It is difficult to distinguish multiple primary lung cancers from pulmonary metastasis. We experienced a case of surgically resected lung tumors that showed multiple ground-glass opacities on thoracic computed tomographic scan. There were eight nonsolid and two part-solid ground-glass opacities in the bilateral lungs. Surgical resection was performed because all tumors had a ground-glass opacity appearance on computed tomographic scan, which is compatible with a finding of primary lung adenocarcinoma. The postoperative pathologic diagnoses were two cases of invasive adenocarcinoma, six cases of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, and eight cases of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia. The patient remains alive without any evidence of recurrence 40 months after surgery. A ground-glass opacity appearance on computed tomographic scan could be interpreted as supportive evidence for multiple primary lung adenocarcinoma rather than pulmonary metastases.
AB - It is difficult to distinguish multiple primary lung cancers from pulmonary metastasis. We experienced a case of surgically resected lung tumors that showed multiple ground-glass opacities on thoracic computed tomographic scan. There were eight nonsolid and two part-solid ground-glass opacities in the bilateral lungs. Surgical resection was performed because all tumors had a ground-glass opacity appearance on computed tomographic scan, which is compatible with a finding of primary lung adenocarcinoma. The postoperative pathologic diagnoses were two cases of invasive adenocarcinoma, six cases of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, and eight cases of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia. The patient remains alive without any evidence of recurrence 40 months after surgery. A ground-glass opacity appearance on computed tomographic scan could be interpreted as supportive evidence for multiple primary lung adenocarcinoma rather than pulmonary metastases.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.100
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.100
M3 - Article
C2 - 16996967
AN - SCOPUS:33748754283
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 82
SP - 1508
EP - 1510
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
