Alveolar adenoma resected by thoracoscopic surgery

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;19(6):489-91. doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.13-00118. Epub 2013 Nov 8.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Adenoma / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / surgery*
  • Thoracoscopy / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome