Abstract
A 38-year-old woman with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) had a slow-growing cavitary nodule for nearly a decade. When she was hospitalized because of pneumonia 9 years earlier, a chest computed tomography scan showed a 1.5-cm cavitary right upper lobe nodule. At 1, 3, and 9 years computed tomography scans showed slow growth of the nodule to 2.4 cm, corresponding to a volume doubling time of 1494 days. Thoracoscopic biopsy and lobectomy were performed. Pathologic analysis revealed a well-differentiated mucinous BAC (T1N0M0). Pseudocavitation in solitary BAC is rare. A longer period of surveillance may be required to rule out malignancy in this setting. Surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1432-1434 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2008 |
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- Surgery
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Pseudocavitating Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Followed Over a Decade. / Shaw, Jason P.; Bejarano, Pablo A.; Thurer, Richard J.
In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 85, No. 4, 01.04.2008, p. 1432-1434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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N2 - A 38-year-old woman with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) had a slow-growing cavitary nodule for nearly a decade. When she was hospitalized because of pneumonia 9 years earlier, a chest computed tomography scan showed a 1.5-cm cavitary right upper lobe nodule. At 1, 3, and 9 years computed tomography scans showed slow growth of the nodule to 2.4 cm, corresponding to a volume doubling time of 1494 days. Thoracoscopic biopsy and lobectomy were performed. Pathologic analysis revealed a well-differentiated mucinous BAC (T1N0M0). Pseudocavitation in solitary BAC is rare. A longer period of surveillance may be required to rule out malignancy in this setting. Surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy.
AB - A 38-year-old woman with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) had a slow-growing cavitary nodule for nearly a decade. When she was hospitalized because of pneumonia 9 years earlier, a chest computed tomography scan showed a 1.5-cm cavitary right upper lobe nodule. At 1, 3, and 9 years computed tomography scans showed slow growth of the nodule to 2.4 cm, corresponding to a volume doubling time of 1494 days. Thoracoscopic biopsy and lobectomy were performed. Pathologic analysis revealed a well-differentiated mucinous BAC (T1N0M0). Pseudocavitation in solitary BAC is rare. A longer period of surveillance may be required to rule out malignancy in this setting. Surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy.
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