Well-differentiated Fetal Adenocarcinoma of the Lung : 3 cases report.
- Author:
Chul Ung KANG
1
;
Deog Gon CHO
;
Min Seop JO
;
Kyu Do CHO
;
Young Kyu MOON
;
Jae Kil PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. ebstein8@hitel.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Fetal tissue;
Adenocarcinoma
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Fetus;
Glycogen;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pregnancy;
Prognosis;
Pulmonary Blastoma
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(3):388-391
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma (WDFA) of the lung is a rare lung tumor that's composed of glycogen rich neoplastic glands and tubules that resemble the fetal lung at 10 to 15 weeks of gestation. Although WDFA is classified as a subtype of pulmonary blastoma or pulmonary adenocarcinoma, its prognosis is better than conventional pulmonary blastoma (biphasic blastoma) or pulmonary adenocarcinoma. It is important to identify this low grade malignancy tumor in younger patients because it is associated with low mortality. We report here on 3 cases of WDFA and the patients are all currently alive without tumor recurrence
