Pulmonary Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma: Report a Case and Review of CT Findings.
10.3348/kjr.2013.14.2.384
- Author:
Youn Ah CHOI
1
;
Ho Yun LEE
;
Joungho HAN
;
Joon Young CHOI
;
Jhingook KIM
;
O Jung KWON
;
Kyung Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea. hoyunlee96@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Review
- Keywords:
Pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma;
Lung cancer;
CT;
PET/CT
- MeSH:
Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology/*radiography/surgery;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms/pathology/*radiography/surgery;
Middle Aged;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography;
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2013;14(2):384-388
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is an extremely rare tumor that is considered to be a cystic variant of mucin-producing lung adenocarcinoma. We present a case of pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in a 54-year-old woman. Chest CT scans showed a 4.3-cm-sized, lobulated, well-defined, and homogeneous mass in the right middle lobe with peripheral stippled calcifications that demonstrated low-attenuation with no enhancement after contrast administration; 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT demonstrated mild heterogeneous FDG uptake. The mass was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma with mucin production by transbronchial lung biopsy. Right middle lobectomy was performed, and the pathologic examination disclosed a pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma.
