Surgical Treatment of Well-Differentiated Fetal Adenocarcinoma: A case report.
- Author:
Dong Seop SONG
1
;
Won Sang CHUNG
;
Hyuck KIM
;
Young Hak KIM
;
Jung Ho KANG
;
Chul Bum LEE
;
Seok Chol JEON
;
Won Mi LEE
;
Eun Kyung HONG
Author Information
1. Department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, College of medicine, Hanyang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasm;
Adenocancinoma
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma*;
Biopsy;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pulmonary Blastoma;
Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2001;34(7):566-568
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
WDFA(Well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma) histologically resembles pulmonary blastoma. It is also thought to be a subtype of pulmonary blastoma, which has differentiated epithelial features resembling the fetal lung among its epithelial features and sarcomatous features. We recently encounted a patient who underwent surgery for WDFA. A 19-year-old man had a mass shadow in the upper lobe of the left lung. The tumor was diagnosed as pulmonary blastoma as a result of fine needle aspiration biopsy, and left upper lobe lobectomy was performed. No sarcomatous features was observed on postoperative histologic assessment, and the patient was diagnosed as having WDFA. This case is reported with a discussion of the literatures.
