Mucinous Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Associated with Bronchiectatic Cyst: A Brief Case Report.
- Author:
Chang Ohk SUNG
1
;
Joungho HAN
;
Sang Won UM
;
Chin A YI
;
Young Mog SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hanjho@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Adenocarcinoma, bronchiolo-alveolar;
Bronchiectasis;
Lung neoplasm
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar;
Adult;
Bronchiectasis;
Fungi;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Microscopy;
Mucins;
Thorax;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
2010;44(5):540-542
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Herein we report a rare case of mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) associated with a solitary bronchiectatic cyst in a 29-year-old man. The patient presented with hemoptysis and had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. Chest radiographs and computed tomography revealed a well-circumscribed, thin-walled cavitary lesion in the right upper pulmonary lobe. Gross examination of a lobectomy specimen showed a bronchiectatic cavity and a fungus ball within it. There were also several ill-defined small gray-white nodules around the cyst, nodules that were mucinous BAC. On microscopy, they were composed of columnar tumor cells along the intact alveolar walls in a single layer.
