TY - JOUR
T1 - Alveolar adenoma of the lung
T2 - Unusual diagnosis of a lesion positive on PET scan. A case report
AU - Nosotti, Mario
AU - Mendogni, Paolo
AU - Rosso, Lorenzo
AU - Tosi, Davide
AU - Palleschi, Alessandro
AU - Basciu, Maria
AU - Santambrogio, Luigi
AU - Ferrero, Stefano
PY - 2012/1/3
Y1 - 2012/1/3
N2 - The authors report a clinical case of alveolar adenoma presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule which was positive to PET and deeply located in the lung. Few cases of alveolar adenomas have been reported in literature; these lesions are considered pulmonary neoplasms with benign behaviour, usually presenting as a peripheral or subpleural coin lesion; the PET activities of such neoplasms were unknown.The present clinical case was singular for the deep location of the nodule and its tight adhesion to left inferior pulmonary vein requiring a lobectomy. In addition, alveolar adenoma PET behaviour has been reported as light positivity.
AB - The authors report a clinical case of alveolar adenoma presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule which was positive to PET and deeply located in the lung. Few cases of alveolar adenomas have been reported in literature; these lesions are considered pulmonary neoplasms with benign behaviour, usually presenting as a peripheral or subpleural coin lesion; the PET activities of such neoplasms were unknown.The present clinical case was singular for the deep location of the nodule and its tight adhesion to left inferior pulmonary vein requiring a lobectomy. In addition, alveolar adenoma PET behaviour has been reported as light positivity.
KW - Alveolar adenoma
KW - Lobectomy
KW - Lung
KW - Positron emission tomography (PET)
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U2 - 10.1186/1749-8090-7-1
DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-7-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 22214375
AN - SCOPUS:84855231602
VL - 7
JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
SN - 1749-8090
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -